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Tight-Rope Walker
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tight-Rope Walker

Description

Tight-Rope Walker is an internationally celebrated Oil on canvas created by Jean Louis Forain (c. 1885). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Provenance

Emily Crane Chadbourne, Washington D. C.; on loan to the Art Institute from 1928 [according to Registrar records]; given to the Art Institute, 1951.

Dimensions

46.2 × 38.2 cm (18 1/8 × 15 in.)

Movement / Period

Impressionism

Accession No

110867

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)

Impressionism • France • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries