Philip Reisman, oil on Masonite, 1942, Philip Reisman (Polish-American, 1904-1992), "Hubert's Museum: Clown in Dressing Room", signed and dated lower right, title, date and signed on verso, 23.5"h x 18.25"w (sight), 29.25"h x 24"w (frame)

Provenance: A Private New Jersey Collection

Notes/Literature: Hubert's Dime Museum and flea Circus was located on West 42nd St. from 1925 through the 1960s, and featured acts such as the Tattooed Man, Bearded Lady, and Half-Man Half-Woman. A place of safe refuge for the homeless during the Depression, the character's of Hubert's was a fertile and much celebrated source of subject matter for Philip Reisman, during his most important artistic period of the early 1940s.

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