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Maurice Prendergast — Bareback Rider

Maurice Prendergast

Bareback Rider

1895

Circus spectacle becomes high art through Prendergast's bold color monotype technique, transforming popular entertainment into modernist experimentation with form and hue.

Medium
color monotype

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Maurice Prendergast, Bareback Rider, 1895

Circus spectacle becomes high art through Prendergast's bold color monotype technique, transforming popular entertainment into modernist experimentation with form and hue.

Medium
color monotype
Year
1895
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Entertainment, Print, Circus, Bold, American, Color Monotype, Gestural, Early Modern, Performance, Figurative

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