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Pierrot and Ballerina Art Deco Interior Scene

Artist:Alphonse Palumbo
Date:1929
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 41" x 36" Framed 45" x 40"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Fine Art
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Framed view
The artist's signature and date lower left
The artist’s signature and date lower left
Detail
Detail

This is a suggestively subtle 1929 oil on canvas painting featuring a pierrot and ballerina in a quiet ‘behind the curtain’ circus moment. This large scale stylized art deco work is mournful and gay all at once, evoking all of the tensions of jazz age culture. Italian-born Alphonse Palumbo studied in New York at the Art Students League under Louis Mora and Frank DuMond. He exhibited at the Allied Artists of America, the National Academy of Design, and the Society of Independent Artists.

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Frame corner profile
Frame corner profile

Pierrot and Ballerina Art Deco Interior Scene

Artist: Alphonse Palumbo

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, Alphonse Palumbo, american, art deco, ballerina, circus, pierrot, pin up, theater
Added to Gallery: May 8, 2007

 

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