A Juggler (Guardian Figure)

Artist Lee Mullican American, 1919–1998

Date1979

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions60 × 50 × 1 1/8 in. (152.4 × 127 × 2.9 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Blake Byrne in honor of Lawrence J. Wheeler

Object number2019.8

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated Los Angeles, 1979; collection of the artist; sold to Robert Anthoine (1921–2015), New York, NY, ca. 1980; Estate of Robert Anthoine, 2015; [Bonham’s, Los Angeles, April 26, 2017, no. 51 (bought-in)]; sold after sale to E. Blake Byrne, Los Angeles, CA, June 22, 2017; given to NCMA, 2019.

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