Vintage Clown Art: The Great and Secret Show

Send in the Clowns.
Funny, foolish, wise, sad, creepy, beautiful, horrific…the earliest clowns on record were found around 2400 BC
in the fifth dynasty of Egypt, though I suspect the clown archetype has been around since the creation of man.

Quick, send in the clowns.
Court jesters, harlequins, circus clowns, and countless other incarnations of the clown character have provided
humans with guidance, distraction, entertainment and fear throughout history. It's a vital role that permeates our
pop culture and our new exhibit celebrates the power of the clown, a figure that can make a child laugh while
simultaneously injecting mortal terror into the psyche of an adult.

Don't bother, they're here.
"It seems plausible that folly and fools, like religion and magic, meet some deeply rooted needs in human society"
- Peter Berger


Original Artwork For Sale (click image for larger picture):


"Heavy Metal Bozo"
by Unknown
16"x20" framed
acrylic on canvas
$300.00 


"Trash & Vaudville
Employee of the Month"
by Unknown
16"x20" framed
acrylic on board
$75.00 


"Give You Something to Cry About"
by MaRee
12"x16" framed
oil on canvas
$150.00 


"Nice Pair of Honkers"
by Rico Tomaso
12"x24" framed
print on fiberboard
(a few small areas of peeling on the right, near frame)
$40.00 



"Chick Magnet"
by Beverly (1983)
20"x24" framed
oil on canvas
$200.00 



"Dead Inside"
by V. Gina
16"x20" framed
oil on canvas
$100.00 



"Ginger Von Firecrotch"
by Marie
9"x12" unframed
oil on canvas board
$30.00 



"The Haunting of Jumbos"
by MaRee
4"x5" unframed
oil on canvas
$25.00


"You're Mine Now"
by Norman Rockwell
4.5"x4.75"x3.25"
porcelain figurine
(clown thumb is missing)
$15.00 



"Clown Void"
by A. Sidoni
10"x13" framed
hand embellished lithograph
signed/numbered
#106 of 150
$50.00 


"Nightmare Child"
by John McClelland
8.5" collector plate
numbered, new in box
with signed COA
$15.00 



"Tony Has Autism"
by Unknown
7.75" hand-painted plate
$25.00 


"Ringling Bros. Pennant
(1979)"
by K Chin
11.5"x17" unframed
vintage felt pennant
$20.00 


 

"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Video Program
128th Edition "
VHS
 $10.00



"Hobo Cat Stomper"
by K Chin
8"x10" unframed
print on masonite
$10.00 



"Clown Mania"
by Ed and Ruth Radlauer
32-page
hardcover book (new)
$5.00 



"Calliope Magazine
Sept. 1978"
Clowns of America, Inc
 $5.00 



"Calliope Magazine
Dec. 1978"
Clowns of America, Inc
 $5.00 



"Calliope Magazine
Apr. 1981"
Clowns of America, Inc
 $5.00 



"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Circus 1973"
circus program book
condition = very nice
 $10.00 



"Here Comes the Circus"
Castle Films
16mm film
1942
$20.00 

 



"T-Bone's World of
Clowning"
30 min. VHS
 $5.00 

 



"Moscow Circus 1988"
circus program book
condition = ok
 $10.00 

 



"Moscow Circus 1964"
circus program book
condition = very nice
 $15.00 

 



"Clyde Beatty Circus 1951"
circus program book
condition = good
 $15.00 

 



"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Circus 1962"
circus program book
condition = very nice
 $15.00 

 



"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Circus 1969"
circus program book
condition = ok
 $12.00 

 



"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Circus 1972"
circus program book
condition = good
 $12.00 

 



"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Circus 1974"
circus program book
condition = rough
 $5.00 

 



"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Circus 1975"
circus program book
condition = good
 $10.00 

 



"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Circus 1986"
circus program book
condition = very nice
 $12.00 

 



"Ringling Bros. Barnum
& Bailey Circus 1987"
circus calendar
condition = very nice
 $20.00 

 


"The Clown Ministry
Handbook"
by Janet Litherland
94-page
softcover book (used)
$8.00 


 


"Emmett Kelly 1"
by Leighton Jones
25"x37.25" unframed
signed lithograph (1987)
(good cond. minor dings)
$50.00 

 


"Emmett Kelly 2"
by Leighton Jones
25"x37.25" unframed
signed lithograph (1987)
(good cond. minor dings)
$50.00 

 


"Sigfried & Roy"
Frontier Casino
poster
24"x37" unframed
very good condition
$20.00 

 


"Sigfried & Roy"
Sarmoti program book (2001)
autographed by
Sigfried & Roy
$50.00 

 



"Keyhole Peeper"
by Unknown
12"x16" framed
acrylic on canvas
$40.00 




 


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