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Two Dancers
Raphael Soyer
American Art
On View:
Raphael Soyer approached pastel in a relatively conservative manner, entirely covering the paper with carefully modeled forms. Elements of this composition (including the strong vertical elements that break up the space), as well as the subject of dancers, make reference to the work of the French Impressionist and progressive pastellist Edgar Degas.
MEDIUM
Pastel on grey wove paper
DATES
ca. 1935–1940
DIMENSIONS
24 1/4 × 18 1/8 in. (61.6 × 46 cm)
Framed: 28 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 2 in. (73 × 57.8 × 5.1 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right in graphite: "RAPHAEL SOYER"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
40.85
CREDIT LINE
Museum Collection Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Raphael Soyer (American, born Russia, 1899–1987). Two Dancers, ca. 1935–1940. Pastel on grey wove paper, 24 1/4 × 18 1/8 in. (61.6 × 46 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 40.85. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.85_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 40.85_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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© Estate of Raphael Soyer
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