Dancing Couple

1932

T. Lux Feininger

Associated Names
T. Lux Feininger

Artist, American, born Germany, 1910 - 2011

The image displays three individuals captured from the knees up. The man on the left is standing upright, holding a banjo at his side. He has a neat hairstyle, with hair combed to the side, glasses, and is wearing a striped suit with a white shirt. To his right, the woman and the other man appear to be dancing closely together. The woman's face is partially obscured, and she has her hair pulled back, wearing a dark, knee-length skirt and a matching top. The man dancing with her is leaning back while holding a pipe in his mouth; he is dressed in a suit similar to the first man's. The background includes a wooden bench and a plain, unadorned wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 11.4 x 8.3 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.67.72


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • T. Lux Feininger: Photographs of the Twenties and Thirties, Prakapas Gallery, New York, 1980, no. 37.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1980

  • T. Lux Feininger: Photographs of the Twenties and Thirties. Exh. cat. Prakapas Gallery. New York, 1980: no. 37, as Dancing Couple.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in black ink: photo Lux Feininger; all by later hands, on verso: upper left on yellow sticker in black ink: 130; upper center in graphite: C-37; left center in red pencil: XO

Wikidata ID

Q64169772

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