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This is a painting of a stylized puppet or clown figure with articulated limbs. The image features an intricately painted puppet in a clown costume, predominantly blue with colorful, ornate patterns, and standing on elongated, thin legs. It holds what appears to be a bottle in one hand. The puppet's expression is jovial, with pronounced red cheeks and an exaggerated smile. Additionally, there are smaller depictions of the puppet to the right, one showing it from a more distant perspective and the other highlighting the puppet's head in profile view, emphasizing the painted features.
National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design
"Drunken Clown" Puppet
Verna Tallman
- Date
- c. 1937
- Medium
- watercolor and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 50" high
- Classification
- Index of American Design · Drawing
- Accession number
- 1943.8.15683
- Credit line
- Index of American Design
- Time span
- 1926 to 1950
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- San Francisco
- American
NGA object ID 27774. 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.