Clownerie. Um 1920.
Pen and India ink drawing.
Signed lower right. On delicate glassine (upper edge with perforation). 31,2 x 23,8 cm (12,2 x 9,3 in), size of sheet.
Circus and vaudeville shows were subjects many artists of Expressionism were fascinated by, just as it is the case with Georg Tappert. Costume balls were a popular pastime in artists circles. In this work Tappert sketches a peppy clown scene in a swift stroke of the feather. [DB].