"Most of my pictures are compassionate, gentle and personal. They tend to let the viewer see for himself. They tend not to preach. And they tend not to pose as art."
—Bruce Davidson
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, 1970
Literature
Davidson, Circus, cover Davidson, Outside Inside, Vol. I, p. 59 there titled The dwarf and the Clyde Beatty Circus
Jimmy Armstrong, 'The Dwarf,' Palisades, New Jersey, USA
1958 Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1970. 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (24.8 x 16.5 cm) Signed and dated in pencil in the margin; signed, titled 'Jimmy Armstrong - Clown' and dated in pencil on the verso.