Three Sketches: Dancer and Two Women

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image features three sketches of ballerinas. The upper left sketch depicts a woman's head and shoulders in profile facing left. The upper right sketch shows a woman from the waist up in profile facing left. The bottom sketch captures the torso and legs of a dancer in motion. Each sketch portrays different poses of the ballerinas. The background is plain and the sketches appear unfinished with some areas left unshaded and open.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.5 x 18 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3956

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "nx" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64581325

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