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Charles Tripp and Anne Eliza Leak
Image Not Available for Charles Tripp and Anne Eliza Leak

Charles Tripp and Anne Eliza Leak

Artist/Maker (American, b. 1953)
Date1999
MediumMixed media
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 14 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (27.9 × 37.5 × 3.8 cm)
Overall (wooden shelf): 8 × 16 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (20.3 × 41.3 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky
Object number2023.1.52A-B
Status
On view
Copyright© Lezley SaarMore Information
In a frame composed of books, Saar presents a double portrait of Charles B. Tripp (1855–1930) and Anne Eliza Leak (1839–1899). Born without arms, Tripp and Leak were artists and sideshow performers who performed with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Tripp was known for carpentry and calligraphy and Leak for crocheting, braiding hair, and embroidery. Saar works with assemblage and themes of gender and spirituality, here inserting a thought bubble with a four-limbed man issuing from Tripp’s chest.
ProvenanceDriek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID; by gift 2023 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Border Crossings: Contemporary Art from the Zirinsky Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 10, 2025 - June 1, 2025 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
  • On View
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