Artist
Edward Muegge (Buck) Schiwetz (American, 1898–1984)American, 1898–1984
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Circus
Datec. 1933
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumWatercolor on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 17 15/16 × 25 3/8 in. (45.6 × 64.5 cm)
Credit Line9th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, museum purchase prize, 1933
Object number33.1
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition History"1980 Houston Area Exhibition," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, June 7–July 27, 1980.
"The American Scene," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, September 6–November 28, 2001.
"Houston Paints Houston," Heritage Society Museum Gallery, Houston, August 16–November 24, 2018.
"Spectacle: Turn-of-the-Century Entertainment" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 29, 2023-March 3, 2024 [Fifth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower left in pencil: Schiwetz / The Circus
recto upper left in watercolor: E M Schiwetz
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