Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Lot #443:

BALLANTINE, Bill (American, 1910 – 1999). Twenty-Three Orig...

BALLANTINE, Bill (American, 1910 – 1999). Twenty-Three Original Clown Portraits by Ballantine. 1990s [?]. Ink, gouache, and marker on board, being portraits of circus clowns including Jim Howle, Johnny Peers, Steven Smith, “Lou Nagy,” Barry Lubin, and others, sketched by Ballantine, dean of the Ringling Clown College. Mounted to oblong cards, the largest 5 ¼ x 17 ¼”. A few portraits being later copies pasted over the originals by Ballantine himself. Nice lot.