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LEATHER TOOLED WORK OF ART DEPICTING MR. LONGNECK, A.K.A. LUSCIOUS LONGNECK. THE LONGNECK PROP WAS CREATED BY JERRY BANGS ON THE RINGLING-BARNUM CIRCUS AROUND 1938. THE PROP WAS DESIGNED AS A CARICATURE OF HIMSELF. NICELY FRAMED. NOTE ON VERSO: MADE ESPECIALLY FOR JERRY BANGS - FROM DUSTY RHODES (DILLION), 1967. RHODES WORKED AS A PERFORMING CLOWN UNDER JERRY'S TUTELAGE. 15"X26". JERRY BANGS (AMERICAN, LISBON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1903-1978) WAS A PRODUCER FOR CIRCUS CLOWNS, MUSICIAN, PLAYWRIGHT, INVENTOR, ARTIST, COMEDY AND GAG WRITER AND BOOK AUTHOR. BANGS SPENT TWENTY YEARS WITH THE RINGLING SHOW FROM 1930 UNTIL 1949 AND LATER AS WORKED AS AN INDEPENDENT. PROVENANCE: THE JERRY BANGS COLLECTION