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The image shows a sketch of a person in a dynamic pose. The figure is depicted from head to toe with one arm raised overhead. The sketch emphasizes fluid motion, with simple facial features and clothing suggestive of movement. The background is plain with the artist's signature visible. The artwork is in a monochromatic palette, likely charcoal.
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The image shows a sketch of a person in a dynamic pose. The figure is depicted from head to toe with one arm raised overhead. The sketch emphasizes fluid motion, with simple facial features and clothing suggestive of movement. The background is plain with the artist's signature visible. The artwork is in a monochromatic palette, likely charcoal.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Spanish Dancer

Ricard Canals Llambí

Date
c. 1900
Medium
charcoal with gray wash and pastel on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.7 × 18.1 cm (14 7/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2013.80.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Dancer
  • Dress
Provenance

Private collection; (Artur Ramon Art, Barcelona, and Marianne Elrick-Manley Fine Art, Inc.); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Inscription

center right in brown chalk: Canals; by later hand, verso in graphite: 60x48

NGA object ID 161946. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.