Two costumed performers talk backstage near ladders and covered props while a crew member watches.

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The Acrobats, Big Apple Circus

2008, printed 2009

Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm) Image: 9 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (23.5 × 34.3 cm)
Accession number: 2011.117.37
Acquired: 2011
Credit line: Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press
Reproduction credit: ©️ Tina Barney
Department: collection

About this work

Tina Barney, The Acrobats, Big Apple Circus, 2008, printed 2009. Chromogenic print, sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm) Image: 9 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (23.5 × 34.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press 2011.117.37. ©️ Tina Barney

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Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection 2016-04-02 – 2017-04-02
I, YOU, WE 2013-04-25 – 2013-09-01
Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001 2002-06-26 – 2002-09-22
Whitney Biennial 1987 1987-04-10 – 1987-07-05

The Acrobats, Big Apple Circus

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