Tuesday, June 02, 2009

BILLY VAUGHN: By Paul Gutheil



A great Paul Gutheil photo that, to me, shows EXACTLY what a grotesque auguste American circus clown should look like. I seriously doubt that we'll see any more of them once the small handful left retire.

The whitefaces and tramps are all gone and soon the augustes will join them.


2 comments:

  1. It's all been done before... and look out, here it comes again.

    Somebody will get the idea that 3 rings make a great circus and when that happens you will see these make-ups return.

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  2. Hey Bill... did you ever perfect the back-flip routine we did in Clown College? If so you owe me $5.

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