A Spanish Dancer

c. 1900

Ricard Canals Llambí

Associated Names
Ricard Canals Llambí

Artist, Spanish, 1876 - 1931

The image shows a sketch of a person in a dynamic pose. The figure is depicted from head to toe with one arm raised overhead. The sketch emphasizes fluid motion, with simple facial features and clothing suggestive of movement. The background is plain with the artist's signature visible. The artwork is in a monochromatic palette, likely charcoal.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal with gray wash and pastel on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.7 × 18.1 cm (14 7/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.80.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection; (Artur Ramon Art, Barcelona, and Marianne Elrick-Manley Fine Art, Inc.); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Three Centuries of Spanish Drawing: Ribera to Picasso, Marianne Elrick-Manley Fine Art, New York, 2013.

Inscriptions

center right in brown chalk: Canals; by later hand, verso in graphite: 60x48

Wikidata ID

Q64620410

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