Three Female Dancers

1909

André Dunoyer de Segonzac

Associated Names
André Dunoyer de Segonzac

Artist, French, 1884 - 1974

The image displays sweeping, flowing lines that curve and intersect, creating an abstract composition. The lines form shapes reminiscent of dancers with outstretched arms. The central figures are surrounded by looping arcs. The abstract arrangement resembles human figures in dynamic poses, suggesting movement and rhythm.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with touches of gray wash on thin wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.7 x 26.1 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.111

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paule Cailac, Paris, as Danse d'Isadora Duncan); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1983; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 146-147, no. 63 (entry by Julie Blake Shook).

Bibliography

1909

  • Dunoyer de Segonzac, André. "Danse d'Isadora Duncan." Le Témoin. September 11, 1909. repro.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower center verso in graphite: [red a op5?]; by unknown hand, lower left to lower right verso in blue crayon: a 0,05 de large; by unknown hand, lower left verso in graphite: 36 [s?]

Wikidata ID

Q64535747

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