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Bruce Davidson
The Dwarf, New Jersey
1958
Gelatin silver print
34.3 x 23.2 cm
Ostlicht - Gallery for Photography
24th OstLicht Photo Auction – 19.11.2021, Lot: 69
LL/115386
At the time of his first Magnum commissions, Bruce Davidson spent several weeks with the Clyde Beatty Circus troupe, named for its main protagonist, a tamer of big cats. Davidson’s main focus was not on the shows but rather on the strenuous daily life of individual artists. He developed a particularly strong bond with the clown Jimmy Armstrong, a person of short stature. The strength of character and the loneliness Davidson saw in the “Little Man’s” personality impressed him greatly.
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