ANTHOLOGY OF CIRCUS : COLUMBINE 19 in. height

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ANTHOLOGY OF CIRCUS : COLUMBINE 19 in. height

A small anthology of the characters that have nourished popular theatres and fairs and that have marked the collective imagination of road shows. Ancestors of the modern circus, here are five figures selected for the qualities still present today in the circus.

Columbine Character of the Commedia dell’arte. Columbine is alternately girl, woman, Pierrot’s mistress or companion, or romantic ingénue and Arlequin’s teasing lover.  She is the representation of the female sex in this anthology of the circus. She is all grace; with parasol and petticoats she sets about to dance on the steel wire.

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