Dancer in a Red Skirt, No. 2

c. 1912

Robert Henri

Associated Names
Robert Henri

Artist, American, 1865 - 1929

The image shows a person in standing position, leaning slightly with one leg crossed in front of the other. The arms are crossed over the waist, with hands resting near a held pink garment. The person's face is turned upward, partially obscured by long, dark hair falling over the shoulders. The facial features are softly delineated. The individual has an exposed upper torso and a pink garment wrapped around the waist, flowing down to the knees. No jewelry or additional objects are present. The background is plain.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Maynard Walker Gallery, New York); (Kraushaar Galleries, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • The Human Form: Contemporary American Figure Drawing and the Academic Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980

2007

  • Impressionism, Realism, Modernism: Works on Paper from the American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007

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. 128, no. 864.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Robert Henri

Wikidata ID

Q64628919

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