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This is a photograph of a circus performance featuring an acrobat in mid-air performing a daring feat high above the ground. The acrobat is upside down, balancing on a wire and holding various objects, such as a ring and a disc. Flowing fabrics add movement and grace to the scene. The perspective is dramatic, emphasizing the acrobat's poise and control against a light sky backdrop, giving a sense of weightlessness. The image is in sepia tones. There is a handwritten inscription in French in the lower right corner.
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This is a photograph of a circus performance featuring an acrobat in mid-air performing a daring feat high above the ground. The acrobat is upside down, balancing on a wire and holding various objects, such as a ring and a disc. Flowing fabrics add movement and grace to the scene. The perspective is dramatic, emphasizing the acrobat's poise and control against a light sky backdrop, giving a sense of weightlessness. The image is in sepia tones. There is a handwritten inscription in French in the lower right corner.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Acrobat

Sasha Stone

Date
c. 1930
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 21.59 × 15.88 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2015.19.4590
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Brenda and Robert Edelson Collection)
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • gelatin silver print
  • Acrobat
  • Action
  • exterior scene
  • genre
  • circus
Provenance

Brenda and Robert Edelson, Baltimore, MD; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Inscription

by unknown hand, lower right in black ink: et notre ami Jacques / notre souvenir bien amical / Reverho (and our friend Jacques our good friendly memories Reverho); on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 80-10-13 20; lower right in graphite SASHA STONE

NGA object ID 180335. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.