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Study of female dancer [female figure on one knee with arms lifted in supplication with sketch of wing? at upper right]
Study of female dancer [female figure on one knee with arms lifted in supplication with sketch of wing? at upper right]

Study of female dancer [female figure on one knee with arms lifted in supplication with sketch of wing? at upper right]

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Object Details

Title:
Study of female dancer [female figure on one knee with arms lifted in supplication with sketch of wing? at upper right]
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Pen and ink and graphite on cardboard
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 11 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[verso in graphite]: Ruth Saint-Denis (?)

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