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Painter:
Ray, Man 1890-1976  Search this
Medium:
Airbrushed gouache, pen and ink, pencil, and colored pencil on paperboard
Culture:
Spanish  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 87.15
Date:
1919
Notes:
"Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1996, pg. 36.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden collection printout, 2008.
Summary:
In this abstract painting named for the Spanish dance, the artist used Japanese fans as stencils for the dancer's wide skirts and slender waists. In the center of a group of female dancers, a male dancer appears in profile peforming atop a table. In the background cone shapes and red dots indicate the colorful stage lights that shine down on the dancers.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Performing Arts--Dance  Search this
Control number:
IAP 61570448
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_373105