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Dance

early 20th century

James M. Louis

Artist, Pueblo

Medium

gouache over graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White)
Dimensions

sheet: 21.59 × 35.72 cm (8 1/2 × 14 1/16 in.)
Accession

2015.19.389

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Amelia Elizabeth White, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1937; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

Symbols and Scenes: Art By and About American Indians, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980

Bibliography

1983

Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 195, no. 1317.

Inscriptions

lower right in black gouache: James M. Louis

Wikidata ID

Q64580522

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