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The image portrays a person in motion, seemingly a dancer. The individual is in a dynamic stance, suggesting movement. The face and hair details are blurred in the impressionistic style with sweeping brush strokes. The person is wearing a flowing dress typical of a dancer's costume, depicted through textured strokes. There are no visible accessories or objects held. The background is abstract and textured, with horizontal and swirling strokes creating depth and motion around the figure.
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The image portrays a person in motion, seemingly a dancer. The individual is in a dynamic stance, suggesting movement. The face and hair details are blurred in the impressionistic style with sweeping brush strokes. The person is wearing a flowing dress typical of a dancer's costume, depicted through textured strokes. There are no visible accessories or objects held. The background is abstract and textured, with horizontal and swirling strokes creating depth and motion around the figure.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ballerina

Henri Eugéne Le Sidaner

Date
c. 1890s
Medium
monotype printed in blue-green and yellow-green on tan wove paper
Dimensions
image: 19.8 × 19.8 cm (7 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.) sheet: 31.5 × 23.2 cm (12 3/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2020.149.34
Credit line
Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in honor of Shelley R.Langdale
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record
Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2020

Inscription

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: sie / 840106

Marks

lower left: Le Sidaner's studio stamp?

NGA object ID 222674. 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.