A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson sub-Decorative Objects The question of whether to

The question of whether to leave well alone or try to restore to a more ‘original’ state is an intriguing quandary

Probably Scottish

but as this example is nineteenth-century

One of the rear bracket feet is missing but it doesn’t affect the piece

with only one area of loss to one of the inner front legs

A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson sub-Decorative Objects The question of whether toOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 20thCProvenance: Doctor Dolittle, London Apollo TheatreDate: c. 1998Height: 58"Depth: 31Width: 48 (all approximate and at extremities)The unique and expertly crafted life size theatre prop of an androgynous acrobatic clown with auburn bunned hair, hand painted in composition plaster, fibreglass and multi coloured silks, the whole hanging from a large orange hoop, with a white painted face with red and black highlights to a