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68 works by 18 artists

68 works featuring “Show” by 18 artists, from the 18th to the 20th century, held in 29 museums.

Red Orchestra, 1946–1949.

Red Orchestra (Le Concert rouge) (museum title)

Raoul Dufy (French), oil on canvas

Milwaukee Art Museum, United States

The Strong Man, c. 1865.

Honoré Daumier (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

"Kintarō and a Mountain Witch ("Yamanba")" from the Series "Manipulations of Love with Musical Accompaniment", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Kintarō and a Mountain Witch ("Yamanba")" from the Series "Manipulations of Love with Musical Accompaniment", 19th century.

音曲恋の操・山姥、金太良 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

The Puppets, 1775–1778.

Les Marionnettes (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Abu Dhabi, Émirats arabes unis

Southwark Fair, 1733.

William Hogarth (British), etching, engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Drury Lane Theatre, 1808.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Gallery in the Gymnasium, Édouard Vuillard

A Gallery in the Gymnasium, 1900.

A Gallery in the Gymnasium (Une galerie au gymnase) (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), color lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Les Danseuses, c. 1896.

Danseuses (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on cardboard

Musée d'Orsay, France

The Vaudeville Show Magician, Édouard Vuillard

The Vaudeville Show Magician, c. 1895.

Le Numéro d'illusionniste (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on cardboard and wood panel

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

Acrobat on a Horse, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Acrobat on a Horse, 1913.

Acrobat on a Horse (Voltigeuse zu Pferd) (museum title)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German), drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Kleine Dada Soirée (Small Dada Evening), with Theo van Doesburg, Kurt Schwitters

Kleine Dada Soirée (Small Dada Evening), with Theo van Doesburg, 1922.

Kleine Dada Soirée (Small Dada Evening) (museum title)

Kurt Schwitters (German), lithographic poster

National Gallery of Art, United States

Concert at Bilse's, 1871.

Konzert bei Bilse (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), gouache

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Circus, 1889.

Suzanne Valadon (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Snake Charmers, 1932.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Royal Circus, 1809.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Theatrical school, the great masters of the stage, Grandville

Theatrical school, the great masters of the stage, 1844.

École théâtrale, les grands maîtres de la scène (museum title)

Grandville (French), handcolored woodcut

Getty Research Institute, United States

A Gallery at the Gymnasium, Édouard Vuillard

A Gallery at the Gymnasium, 1900.

Édouard Vuillard (French), color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha), c. 1794.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Peep Show

Thomas Rowlandson (British), pen, ink and watercolour

National Gallery of Art, United States

Two Dancers with a Cat, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Two Dancers with a Cat, 1913.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German), pen and ink on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Travelling Circus (Camel Drivers in Partenkirchen), Adolph Menzel

The Travelling Circus (Camel Drivers in Partenkirchen), 1884.

Travelling Circus (Camel Drivers in Partenkirchen) (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), gouache on cardboard

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

Spectators in the Theatre, Honoré Daumier

Spectators in the Theatre, c. 1865.

Une loge au théâtre (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French)

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Fair at Laren, 1917.

Kermis Laren (museum title)

Karel Albert Schmidt (Dutch), oil on cardboard

Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

The Fun Fair, c. 1906.

Raoul Dufy (French), oil on canvas

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

Covent Garden Theatre, Thomas Rowlandson

Covent Garden Theatre, 1808.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Bartholomew Fair, 1808.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Niwaka Performers, c. 1795.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Le Concert Lamoureux, c. 1895.

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on wood

Bemberg Collection, France

Fashionable Octopus Games, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Fashionable Octopus Games, 19th century.

流行鮹のあそび (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Dancing Woman at the Cabaret, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Dancing Woman at the Cabaret, c. 1913.

Tänzerin im Varieté (museum title)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German), watercolor on paper

Städel Museum, Germany

Decline of Drama in 1866, Honoré Daumier

Decline of Drama in 1866, 1866.

Décadence du drame en 1866 (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Stone Bridge, c. 1801.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

At the Circus, 1911.

Im Zirkus (museum title)

August Macke (German), ink and oil under glass

Lenbachhaus, Germany

Opera House, 1809.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The French shadows, 1844.

Les ombres françaises (museum title)

Grandville (French), handcolored woodcut

Getty Research Institute, United States

The Loge (In the Theatre Boxes), Honoré Daumier

The Loge (In the Theatre Boxes), c. 1856–1857.

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

Walters Art Museum, United States

Henri Monnier (as Joseph Prudhomme), Honoré Daumier

Henri Monnier (as Joseph Prudhomme), 1852.

Henri Monnier (Rôle de Joseph Prudhomme) (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre, Thomas Rowlandson

An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre, c. 1785.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), pen, ink and watercolour

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Playing Birds, 19th century.

鳥の遊び (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Au Théâtre Antoine, c. 1889.

Édouard Vuillard (French), brush and black ink over graphite on brown paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Palucca, 1930.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German), color woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Circus, 1913.

Zirkus (museum title)

August Macke (German), oil on cardboard

Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Spain

The Melodrama, c. 1860.

Le Mélodrame (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Apocalypse of the ballet, 1844.

Apocalypse du ballet (museum title)

Grandville (French), handcolored woodcut

Getty Research Institute, United States

Astley's Amphitheatre, Thomas Rowlandson

Astley's Amphitheatre, 1808.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Théâtre du Gymnase, 1856.

Das Théâtre du Gymnase (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

Le Moulin Rouge, c. 1896.

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on wood

Bemberg Collection, France

A Punch and Judy Show

Thomas Rowlandson (British), pen, ink and watercolour

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Cats Imitating the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarter, Kitagawa Utamaro

Cats Imitating the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarter, 18th century.

青樓仁和嘉・通ひけり恋路の猫又 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Carotte dramatique, 1844.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States