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"Drunken Clown" Puppet

Verna Tallman

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a stylized puppet or clown figure with articulated limbs. The image features an intricately painted puppet in a clown costume, predominantly blue with colorful, ornate patterns, and standing on elongated, thin legs. It holds what appears to be a bottle in one hand. The puppet's expression is jovial, with pronounced red cheeks and an exaggerated smile. Additionally, there are smaller depictions of the puppet to the right, one showing it from a more distant perspective and the other highlighting the puppet's head in profile view, emphasizing the painted features.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
3527 × 4485 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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