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Burial of the Acrobat

Artist Pavel Tchelitchew (American ; 1898-1957)
Date1930
Dimensionsframe: 29 9/16 x 31 1/4 in. (75.1 x 79.4 cm)
image: 25 9/16 x 32 1/16 in. (65 x 81.4 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PAINTING
Credit LineGift of James Thrall Soby, Class of 1928
Terms
  • figures
  • acrobat
  • death
Object number49.4
Inscribedl.l. in oil: P. Tchelitchew / 30; verso u.r. on stretcher on label: MOMA loan 42.728 Soby; verso u.l. on label: Gallery of Modern Art 52.64 Williams College
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