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Don't know if you are still out there in cyber space but if you are this is what I know.
The piece is called 'Sitting on top of the world" and it was painted in the 70s I believe. Robert Owen lives in Washington State now, but lived in Balboa California when he painted this piece, and many others.
It is a self portrait. Not Emmet Kelly actually.
He would dress up as a clown and then paint himself. This was his trademark.
When he married ( in his later years ) a dear friend of mine's mother, Norma, he and Norma dressed in full
clown costume for the nuptuils.
I have not heard from him or his stepdaughter in a couple of years, but as far as I know he is alive and well and still painting and doing galleries and art shows in the Tacoma, Seattle area. He is a great artist and a wonderful person.
Barbara Courneya
Aberdeen, WA
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