Design
1843-5 (drawn)
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A composition of dancing draped female figures on a sheet folded into four, and torn with one quarter missing. The top left quarter depicts a draped female figure descending through the air with her hair blown. On the left are faint indications of nude lower limbs and a pen-mark of the number 6 (encircled). The top right depicts a figure with shoulder drapery blown away from the body, which is otherwise naked, and pen-marked 20 (encircled). The bottom left quarter depicts another draped female figure with the pen-mark 7 and signed by the artist with scribbled notes and an address. On the reverse of the sheet is a combination of the top two figures in a dancing composition.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil drawing |
| Brief description | A composition of dancing draped female figures by Alfred Stevens on a sheet folded into four, and torn with one quarter missing. Great Britain, 1843-5. |
| Physical description | A composition of dancing draped female figures on a sheet folded into four, and torn with one quarter missing. The top left quarter depicts a draped female figure descending through the air with her hair blown. On the left are faint indications of nude lower limbs and a pen-mark of the number 6 (encircled). The top right depicts a figure with shoulder drapery blown away from the body, which is otherwise naked, and pen-marked 20 (encircled). The bottom left quarter depicts another draped female figure with the pen-mark 7 and signed by the artist with scribbled notes and an address. On the reverse of the sheet is a combination of the top two figures in a dancing composition. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Bottom left amongst pencil scribbles in the name 'Stevens' and the address 'Robert Street'. |
| Credit line | Gifted from the Tate Gallery, date of receipt 11th October 1974. Gift refers to objects E.21 to 380-1975. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Romney Towndrow, Kenneth. The Works of Alfred Stevens at the Tate Gallery. London: Published by the Tate Gallery Trustees, 1950. |
| Other number | N.G. No. 5828 - National Gallery number |
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| Accession number | E.377-1975 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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