Study No. 1 for "Ballerina"
Chaim Gross
American Art
Drawing played an integral preparatory role in the modernist sculpture of Chaim Gross, who used it to capture the poses of live models and to conceptualize his ideas for a work. This sheet served as a study for Ballerina (see illustration), featuring one of his favorite subjects—a female dancer or other performer. The drawing’s energetic hatch marks and looping scribbles anticipate the rough-hewn surface textures of the carved sculpture.
MEDIUM
Graphite on green-grey, medium-weight, moderately textured laid paper
DATES
ca. 1940
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 38 x 25 5/16 in. (96.5 x 64.3 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Chaim Gross"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
42.418
CREDIT LINE
Designated Purchase Fund
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Chaim Gross (American, born Austria, 1904–1991). Study No. 1 for "Ballerina," ca. 1940. Graphite on green-grey, medium-weight, moderately textured laid paper, Sheet: 38 x 25 5/16 in. (96.5 x 64.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 42.418. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.418_PS4.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 42.418_PS4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
© Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation
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