Baboons on Ponies
Artist
Pau Roig Cisa
(Spanish, 1879–1955)
Date1911
Mediumcolor lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions49.8 x 37.8 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund
Object number1987.43
DescriptionPlate IV from the Circus Series.Label TextCatalan artist Pau Roig i Cisa was heavily influenced by turn-of-the-century French artist, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Using an oblique perspective and decorative style, Roig i Cisa, like artists Georges Seurat and Pablo Picasso, attempted to document the modern spectacle of the circus. Focusing on animal acts in the ring, Roig i Cisa’s performers, interestingly turn away from the viewer. By emphasizing circularity and momentum, the spectator eagerly anticipates the return of the ponies and their riders.
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