Accession Number1967/2.43
TitleDancer (Danseuse)
Artist(s)Gino SeveriniArtist NationalityItalian (culture or style)Object Creation Date1955Medium & Supportcolor lithograph on paperDimensions 22 1/16 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38 cm);28 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (71.28 x 56.04 cm);22 1/16 x 15 1/16 in. (55.9 x 38.2 cm);19 5/16 x 12 5/8 in. (49 x 32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Homer KripkeLabel copyThe Italian artist Gino Severini moved from Milan to Paris in 1906. After visiting a large Cubist exhibition in 1912, the artist abandoned his early enthusiasm for the Italian Futurist movement with its emphasis on dynamic, sometimes violent, change and evolved his own brightly colored and appealingly decorative version of Cubism.
Subject matterSeverini's treatment of a dancer in motion conveys the harmony and dynamism of the figure's movements rendered in a highly abstracted form.
Physical DescriptionAn explosion of colorful forms suggests the human form in dynamic movement. Yellows and reds predominate in shapes that draw the eye toward the viewer's upper right where three roughy triangular yellow shapes suggest a head and upraised arms.
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
Cubist
Futurist
abstraction
color lithographs
dancers
modern and contemporary art