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Portrait Sketch of the Head of a Young Girl, and Dancer (recto and verso)

Portrait Sketch of the Head of a Young Girl, and Dancer (recto and verso)

Artist Jean-Louis Forain (French, 1852 - 1931)
Datelate 1880s
MediumSepia and chalk on tan paper (recto and verso)
DimensionsOverall: 12 × 9 inches (30.48 × 22.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Bertha E. Glasner in memory of Bertha Dick Glasner
Object number43-9
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

Encore Degas! Ballet, Fashion, and Movement, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, November 20, 2021–November 21, 2022, no cat.

Gallery Label
Degas’s depictions of dancers inspired Jean-Louis Forain’s exploration of opera, theatre, and ballet. Forain often depicted dancers in moments of exhaustion off stage or interacting with those who paid for private access. It is likely Forain dashed off this sketch while watching the young dancer practice, as the drawing exhibits vigor and swiftness of execution and the intimacy of a backstage encounter.
Provenance

Bertha E. Glasner (1884-1950), by June 10, 1943;

Given by Bertha E. Glasner (1884-1950), Kansas City, MO, to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1943.

Published References

[None known at this time.]


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