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Dancing Figure
Artist/Maker (1905 - 1964)

Dancing Figure

1944
Black ink and watercolor over graphite on paper coated with albumen glazing laid on board
Overall: 6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (16.5 × 11.7 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Laurie Vance Johnson and Edward Dudley Hume Johnson
2001.103
The sheet is related to the painting "Carmen Jones" (2001.102) as well as the preparatory compositional study in reverse (2001.104).
DescriptionA freely rendered, expressionistic dancing female figure facing left and dressed in classicizing drapery.
MarkingsInscribed: Lower left in brown ink: "To Dudley from all of us" Signed and dated: Lower left in black ink: "Corbino 44"
InscribedInscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "To Dudley from all of us"; signed and inscrbed below in black ink: "Corbino 44"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS