Fan Dance

Artist Patti Warashina (American, born 1940)

Publisher The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)

Date2017

MediumLithograph on Rives BFK white paper

DimensionsImage: 24 × 14 inches (60.96 × 35.56 cm)
Sheet: 26 1/2 × 18 1/2 inches (67.31 × 46.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger

Object number2023.40.95

SignedSigned below the image: Patti Warashina 2017

MarkingsSigned below the image: 14/23 Fan Dance

Edition/State/Proof14/23

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Contemporary Art

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DescriptionA female figure in motion occupies the center of the page. She is dressed in red from neck to mid-thigh with a broad stripe of yellow and a narrow stripe of white at her waist and hips, and a broad strip of white across her upper chest and arms. Her hair is red with poufs out to each side. Her proper right eye is open and her proper left eye is shut, with a black triangle covering the proper left cheek. The impression of motion is given in several ways. Her head is tilted to the side with curling red lines on either side of it. Her breasts swing towards her proper left side. She has two proper left and two proper right arms. One proper left arm holds a red and yellow fan; the other three arms form separate gestures. Curving red lines around the hands suggest they are twirling. Eight legs are visible, two facing front and the others in various stages of kicking. One proper right foot holds another red and yellow fan between its toes. A curving plume of smoke appears above the figure and three tiny black airplanes trace red trails around the figure, adding to the motion.Provenance

Provenance

C. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

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