Set Reminder2022-09-24 12:00:002022-09-24 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Zweifel Circus Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-zweifel-circus-collection-21943 Our September sale features the remarkable circus archives of John & Jan Zweifel. Lifelong circus fans and collectors, the Zweifels' archives were home to tens of thousands of documents, photographs, and relics, including correspondence and memorabilia, as well as circus and wild west costumes, posters, and banners.
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TRACY, Glen (American, 1883?1956). Clown Handing Corky Cristiani a Rose. 1948. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left. 34 x 30?. Scattered chipping and flaking. Unframed. Tracy, a native of Cincinnati, studied under Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Tracy painted a wide range of subjects, but is best known for the circus paintings he produced during winter break periods taken with the various circuses. In a 1956 obituary of the artist, Billboard reported, ?It is said he once refused 2,500 for his painting ?Clown Alley.?? This painting appeared on the cover of Bandwagon (Vol. 3 No. 9, Oct. 1948).