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Tight-Rope Walker

A work made of oil on canvas.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of oil on canvas.

Date:

c. 1885

Artist:

Jean Louis Forain
French, 1852-1931

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Jean Louis Forain

Title

Tight-Rope Walker

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1880–1890

Medium

Oil on canvas

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower left: Forain

Dimensions

46.2 × 38.2 cm (18 1/8 × 15 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Reference Number

1951.208

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