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Dance Composition No. 34

A woman with dark brown skin wearing a white dress dances, her arms stretched in a balletic pose. Her figure is emphasized by a background of geometric circles and shapes that form what looks like a runway or stage.
© Eldzier Cortor.

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  • A woman with dark brown skin wearing a white dress dances, her arms stretched in a balletic pose. Her figure is emphasized by a background of geometric circles and shapes that form what looks like a runway or stage.

Date:

1980s

Artist:

Eldzier Cortor
American, 1916-2015

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Eldzier Cortor

Title

Dance Composition No. 34

Place

United States (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.

1980–1989

Medium

Etching, aquatint, and flat bite from two plates in brown and black on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 44.5 × 36 cm (17 9/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 38.3 cm (22 3/16 × 15 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Eldzier Cortor in memory of Sophia Cortor

Reference Number

2012.896

Copyright

© Eldzier Cortor.

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