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Before the Act

A watercolor and ink drawing of three ballerinas stretching and preparing before a closed stage curtain, a man wearing a suit standing beside them with crossed arms, and two figures in partial silhouette entering the darkened wings at left.

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  • A watercolor and ink drawing of three ballerinas stretching and preparing before a closed stage curtain, a man wearing a suit standing beside them with crossed arms, and two figures in partial silhouette entering the darkened wings at left.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Laura Knight
British, 1877-1970

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Laura Knight

Title

Before the Act

Place

United Kingdom (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1897–1933

Medium

Watercolor and pen and brush and black ink, on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower left: "Laura Knight"

Dimensions

36.8 × 26.9 cm (14 1/2 × 10 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1933.490

Extended information about this artwork

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