Accession number
TMP 2023-96.7:1
Creator
Legrand, Louis, 1863-1951, artist.
Published
1892
Credit line
Promised gift of Davida Deutsch in memory of Alvin Deutsch.
Notes
One of 11 drawings for the etchings featured as illustrations in Erastène Ramiro's Cours de danse fin de siècle (Paris : E. Dentu, Éditeur, 1892).
Forms part of a bound album of 13 signed drawings by Louis Legrand, the individual drawings in hinged mats, 431 x 312 mm, mounted on stubs, with letterpress title page and letterpress guard leaves with the individual drawings (see TMP 2023-96.7).
The 11 designs which illustrated Erastène Ramiro's Cours de danse fin de siècle were also reproduced, along with Ramiro's text, as illustrations in the May 10, 1891 supplement of the periodical "Gil Blas illustre", where the piece appeared under the title "Les excentricités de la danse."
Forms part of a bound album of 13 signed drawings by Louis Legrand, the individual drawings in hinged mats, 431 x 312 mm, mounted on stubs, with letterpress title page and letterpress guard leaves with the individual drawings (see TMP 2023-96.7).
The 11 designs which illustrated Erastène Ramiro's Cours de danse fin de siècle were also reproduced, along with Ramiro's text, as illustrations in the May 10, 1891 supplement of the periodical "Gil Blas illustre", where the piece appeared under the title "Les excentricités de la danse."
Description
1 drawings
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Henri Beraldi; from the collection of Davida Deutsch.
Summary
Circular design with a small semicircle removed at lower left, featuring the figure of a dancer performing a high kick.
Classification
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