Accession Number2011/2.161
TitleHarlequin
Artist(s)Lucien ClergueArtist NationalityFrench (culture or style)Object Creation Date1955; printed 2006Medium & Supportgelatin silver print on paperDimensions 9 1/2 in x 11 3/8 in (24.13 cm x 28.89 cm);12 in x 16 in (30.48 cm x 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Selma and Gerald LotenbergSubject matterClergue's series
Les Saltimbanques (1955) was inspired by Alain Fournier’s
Le Grand Meaulnes and Picasso’s Rose Period. This was one of Clergue's earliest series, in which he created the costumes and dressed children as harlequins, photographing them among the ruins of Arles in the aftermath of bombings from World War II.
Physical DescriptionThis portrait of a young boy in a harlequin costume shows him looking into the camera lens. He stands in the ruins of Arles, arms akimbo, balancing on the ruins of the foundation of a building.
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Keywords
boys
children (people by age group)
daylighting
harlequins (performing artists)
portraits
ruins