Accession number
TMP 2023-96.6:1
Creator
Legrand, Louis, 1863-1951, printmaker.
Published
[Paris], [1892]
Credit line
Promised gift of Davida Deutsch in memory of Alvin Deutsch.
Notes
Remarque proof of an etching which appeared as an illustration in Erastène Ramiro's Cours de danse fin de siècle (Paris : E. Dentu, Éditeur, 1892); the second state, with the artist's signature added in the image at upper right; this impression printed in brown and blue ink à la poupée and touched with yellow.
Signed by the artist in the image at upper right and in the plate margin next to the remarque design.
Signed by the artist in the image at upper right and in the plate margin next to the remarque design.
Description
1 print : color printed etching with aquatint and drypoint ; image: 158 x 104 mm; plate mark: 260 x 172 mm; sheet: 500 x 320 mm
Provenance
From the collection of Davida Deutsch.
Summary
A young dancer seated in a chair, facing left, raising one leg directly upwards with the assistance of her instructor, who stands at left with one hand on the woman's ankle. With a remarque of a tall and grotesque figure of a man with a dog standing on its hind legs.
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