In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Saltimbanques, or traveling circus performers, were a favorite theme of Pablo Picasso's. These entertainers were a common spectacle in Paris, performing in the public squares of neighborhoods such as Montmartre, where Picasso lived from 1904 to 1909. The performers seen here, likely siblings, seem to be gazing out at the audience, as if the show has just ended. The landscape behind them is probably a stage curtain.
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At the Theater (The Courtesan)
Woman Seated on Striped Floor
Still Life with Basket of Fruit and Jug
Child Seated in an Armchair (Enfant assis dans un fauteuil)
Standing Nude in Front of a Red Arch
Young Woman Holding a Cigarette (Jeune femme tenant une ciga
The Ascetic (L' Ascète)
Composition: The Peasants
Paul Cézanne — Mardi Gras
Paul Cezanne — Harlequin
Paul Cézanne — Harlequin
Paul Cézanne — Harlequin
Paul Cezanne — Boy in a Red Waistcoat
Paul Cézanne — Femmes et fillette dans un intérieur
Ferdinand Hodler — Krieger mit Hellebarde
Paul Cézanne — Peasant Standing with Arms Crossed (Paysan de
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — Circus
Charles Demuth — The Ladies Will Pardon My Mouth's Being Ful
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) — The Two Saltimbanques
Edgar Degas — Dancers in the Rotunda at the Paris Opera