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Wrestlers in a Circus
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About this work
Locked in a dangerous embrace, beefy wrestlers writhe on a brightly colored mat. Famous for his scenes of urban life, Kirchner uses loose brushstrokes to capture the blur of bodies in motion. Imagine watching this intense match, surrounded by screaming spectators.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWrestlers in a Circus, 1909. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938). Oil on canvas; framed: 107.5 x 121 x 7 cm (42 5/16 x 47 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 80.5 x 94 cm (31 11/16 x 37 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art and Bequest of William R. Valentiner, 1966.49
