Accession number
TMP 2023-96.6:2
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 first state according to Arwas, before the artist's signature was added in the image at upper right.
Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ; image: 151 x 103 mm; plate mark: 275 x 189 mm; sheet: 320 x 250 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Ownership stamp of Carl Sachs on verso; signed by the artist in green crayon.
Provenance
Ownership stamp of Carl Sachs; from the collection of Davida Deutsch.
Summary
A young dancer seated in a chair, facing left, gripping her ankle as she raises one leg directly upwards. With a remarque of a large frog by a clump of reeds, mimicking the dancer's pose, with one leg extended upward in a high kick.
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