Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
Date:
ca. 1875
Object Number:
1937.1237
Medium:
Iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dancing Figure
Object Number:
2001.103
Date:
1944
Medium:
Black ink and watercolor over graphite on paper coated with albumen glazing laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. ( 16.5 x 11.7 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed: Lower left in brown ink: "To Dudley from all of us"
Signed and dated: Lower left in black ink: "Corbino 44"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "To Dudley from all of us"; signed and inscrbed below in black ink: "Corbino 44"
Description:
A freely rendered, expressionistic dancing female figure facing left and dressed in classicizing drapery.
Gallery Label:
The sheet is related to the painting "Carmen Jones" (2001.102) as well as the preparatory compositional study in reverse (2001.104).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Laurie Vance Johnson and Edward Dudley Hume Johnson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
