Help us solve an art mystery! Be like Scooby-Doo, but at the circus.
Who IS this man? My mother bought this painting at a flea market in York, Pennsylvania, about ten years ago. The canvas was rolled up, and shows signs of wear and poor preservation. She's had it framed and keeps it out of direct light, but we are captivated by this man who appears to be a barker, an EmCee, or a ringmaster (note the hat and collar and 'stache.)
Perhaps this is a painting of an image from package design, which happens a lot with early and midcentury fruit crates (I'll tell you about my prized El Capitan painting some other time) or perhaps he was a personage around the ten in ones in central Pennsylvania/Ohio at one time?
Or someone's dashing uncle?
Clue me in. Pass it around. We are reallllly curious.
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