Dancers Resting

1936

Raphael Soyer

Associated Names
Raphael Soyer

Artist, American, born Russia, 1899 - 1987

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

American Artists Group

Publisher

The image depicts two individuals in an interior setting. One person is seated on the left, shown from the back. They are seated on a chair with their head turned slightly away, wearing a checkered shirt. The other person is standing on the right, in profile, leaning against a dresser or table. They are dressed in a tank top and shorts and holding a cigarette near their face. The background features a window with rectangular panes and an oval mirror on the wall behind the standing person. The room is dimly lit, creating dramatic shadows and highlights.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Cole, Sylvan, Jr. Raphael Soyer: Fifty Years of Printmaking, 1917-1967. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967, no. 42.

1982

  • Gettings, Frank. Raphael Soyer: Sixty-Five Years of Printmaking. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, p. 37, no. 35.

Wikidata ID

Q76555552

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