8th Grade Dance
1975
Artist, American, 1946 - 2006
Artwork overview
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Medium
colored pencil on off-white wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 38.1 × 55.88 cm (15 × 22 in.)
sheet: 56.83 × 83.82 cm (22 3/8 × 33 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.2599
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Graphics International, Washington, DC); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1976; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1979
Washington Art on Paper: 1962-1978, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979
1980
That’s Entertainment, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980, no. 29
2016
Kevin MacDonald, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC, 2016
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. 268, no. 1773.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: 8th Grade Dance; lower right in graphite: Kevin MacDonald 75; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 8th Grade Dance
Markings
embossed lower right: VERITABLE PAPIER D’ARCHES / SATINE
Watermarks
watermarks: “2” and "Arches / FRANCE” (both x2). Also, curved embossed stamp in the lower right corner “VERITABLE PAPIER D’ARCHES / SATINE"
Wikidata ID
Q64592564