Objects tagged dance
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- Men's Ceremonial Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- raffia.
- Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds.
- 2007-14-1
- Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- raffia.
- Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
- 1957-110-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Poster, Heinz Spoerli, Brahms ein Ballet
- offset lithograph on wove paper.
- Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
- 2010-21-118
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Skirt (Ivory Coast)
- raffia.
- Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
- 1990-133-2
- Pair Of Slippers (USA)
- label: leather sole and upper, linen lining, silk bows .
- Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Brown.
- 1960-81-18-a,b
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Raven Rattle (USA)
- carved and painted wood.
- Collected by Rev. Sheldon Jackson, 1877–94, Department of Anthropology,....
- 15.2012.30
- Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- raffia.
- Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
- 1990-133-3
- Paper Construction, Garden Scene with Dancers, to be Used as the Set for a...
- hand-colored etching, cut paper.
- Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
- SIL39088014946875
- Poster, Züricher Ballet, Balanchin, Kylian, Spoerli, van Manen
- offset lithograph on wove paper.
- Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
- 2010-21-120
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Poster, Zürcher Ballet, van Manen, Forsythe, Spoerli
- offset lithograph on wove paper.
- Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
- 2010-21-121
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Program, Dances Old and New presented by Art Teachers' Association
- lithograph on heavy wove paper.
- Gift of Susan Lustig Peck.
- 2001-29-51
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- raffia.
- Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor and Mrs. Harry T. Peters.
- 1990-133-1
- Textile, Round Dance
- Warp: 270cm (106in.). Weft(selvedge to selvedge): 119cm (46 3/4in.). Pattern:....
- 1987-15-1
- Print, Eagle Dance
- wood engraving on paper.
- Gift of William J. Donald.
- 1953-102-68
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Object ID #907216375
- blue silk chiffon with applied blue ombré silk fringe.
- Lent by Kent State University Museum, The Helen O. Borowitz Collection, KSUM....
- 70.2016.2
![A painting of a convivial, crowded scene of diverse couples dancing, musicians playing, and seated people drinking. In the center of the canvas is a dark-skinned man in a brown suit, back facing the viewer. His head is in profile with his left arm raised and he is dancing with a beige-skinned woman whose smiling face is in full view. The woman holds a cigarette behind the man’s back. The angle of her arm points to a nearby dancing couple, a pale-skinned woman and a tan-skinned man. The pale-skinned woman wears a bright red, short dress with white tights and a long necklace of small pearls. She dances with the tan-skinned man dressed in a black jacket and mustard-colored trousers, whose back is to the viewer. In the bottom left corner seated musicians of mixed skin tones, wearing black, play a mandolin, clarinet, trumpet and trombone, their instruments extend outwards between the dancing couples. In the background groups of people dressed in bright colors sit at white, round tables drinking wine and cocktails. The figures in the piece are stylized, with smiling expressions and a sense of animation. The overall scene has a flat perspective, such that the figures fill the frame completely, are overlapped, and some are cut off by the canvas, giving the sense of a crowded, joyful scene. In the bottom right corner, the artist’s signature, the location of the piece, and the date [A.J. Motley Jr. Paris 1929] are inscribed in black paint.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/325265_ec56d76c9a96179d_n.jpg "Blues")
![Drawing in crayon and gouache, featuring the face of African-American entertainer, Josephine Baker [whose exotic appearance and seductive dance movements caused a sensation in 1920’s Paris.] Her face, the largest element in the drawing, takes up a significant portion of the top half of the page. Small, loose 'gesture' drawings of four nude dancing women are in the bottom half. These are arranged in a semi-circle starting at her ear (viewer’s left) dipping around her neck, and rising up again to her other ear. The effect is as if the figures form a fantastical “collar” around her neck. Overall, the drawing has the feeling of a stage set - with a spotlight above her head and lights on either side. Clearly, she’s the main attraction, the dancing figurese are the supporting act. Baker’s face is rendered as an animated caricature/sketch. She has dark skin, bright flashing eyes (looking to to viewer’s right) with pronounced (mascared/false) eyelashes and bold black liner on top and lower eye lids emphasizing the almond shape of her eyes. Her hair is closely cropped and slicked down (lacquered) around her head (as if it were painted on) with a curl pasted on her forehead, and one on each of her cheeks. [The severe hairstyle popular in the 1920’s, sometimes called the “Eton crop” ie like a schoolboy’s, emphasizes the shape of the head and focuses interest on the face. It was Baker’s signature look.] A diagonal white line on her dark hair (almost like a side part) makes her hair seem shiny, as if catching a reflection of light. She has an indistinctly shaped nose (defined only by a small swiggly line at the very tip.) Her smile is broad and engaging. She appears to be wearing shiny lipstick (a glimmer of light reflects on her lower lip.) Her teeth are rendered as a solid half-moon shape, completely filled in with dazzling white. It is the brightest area in the drawing, falling almost in the center, and keeps commanding the viewer’s attention. Her forehead is a dark brown while the bottom (from nose to chin) is a light beige color - as if illuminated by some light source. Her head floats between two parallel diagonal lines as if caught in a beam from a spotlight shining down from somewhere above the upper left corner. The “beam' of light is set against a royal blue background, almost like a curtain or stage backdrop. Further giving the impression of a theatrical setting, within each blue area there is an uncolored, rounded shape that looks like the diffused glow from a klieg or stage light. Following the beam down from the spot light, one finds the four naked dancing figures beneath the face. They could be quick sketches of “Josephine” dancing. Each has her cropped hairstyle. Two appear to wear bananas at their hips, one sports ostrich feathers on her rear. [These 'accessories' might be references to her famous scandalous costumes - which included a belt made from bananas or strategically placed feathers.] The fourth has no accessories to embellish her birthday suit. They are in various dynamic poses as if caught in mid motion. Each dancer has very expressive hand gestures. From viewer’s left, dancer A (the largest of the four) is positioned at about 8 o’clock, dancer B (doing a deep knee bend with one leg pointed straight out) at about 7 o’clock, dancer C (smiling, boldly naked, and facing viewer directly) at about 5 o’clock; and dancer D (the smallest figure looking like she is running off in the distance ) at about 3 o’clock. The artist used a limited palette: besides brown/beige/taupe/black/white (face and bodies of the dancers); there is cobalt blue (on either side and at the bottom of the “spotlight”); a hint of acid yellow (by dancer A); and a hint of pale mauve/pink (by dancer C.) What’s remarkable about this drawing is how the artist captured the charisma and sensuality of Josephine Baker in a relatively simple sketch of her head. Her giant face has tremendous personality and a most engaging almost blinding smile as compared to, and balanced by, the four smaller, sinuous but anonymous dancing figures beneath. There is a clarity and logic to the graphic design - as the diagonals and circular lines keep directing the viewer back to Josephine's face.Drawing in crayon and gouache, featuring the face of Josephine Baker (African American entertainer whose exotic appearance and seductive dance movements caused a sensation in 1920’s Paris.) Her face, the largest element in the drawing, takes up a significant portion of the top half of the page. Small, loose 'gesture' drawings of four nude dancing women are in the bottom half. These are arranged in a semi-circle starting at her ear (viewer’s left) dipping around her neck, and rising up again to her other ear. The effect is as if the figures form a fantastical “collar” around her neck. Overall, the drawing has the feeling of a stage set - a spotlight above her head and lights on either side. Clearly, she’s the main attraction, the other dancers are the supporting act. Baker’s face is rendered as an animated caricature/sketch. She has dark skin, bright flashing eyes (looking to to viewer’s right) with pronounced (mascared/false) eyelashes and bold black liner on top and lower eye lids emphasizing the almond shape of her eyes. Her hair is closely cropped and slicked down (lacquered) around her head (as if it were painted on) with a curl pasted on her forehead, and one on each of her cheeks. [The severe hairstyle popular in the 1920’s, sometimes called the “Eton crop” ie like a schoolboy’s, emphasizes the shape of the head and focuses interest on the face. It was Baker’s signature look.] A diagonal white line on her dark hair (almost like a side part) makes her hair seem shiny, as if catching a reflection of light. She has an indistinctly shaped nose (defined only by a small swiggly line at the very tip.) Her smile is broad and engaging. She appears to be wearing shiny lipstick (a glimmer of light reflects on her lower lip.) Her teeth are rendered as a solid half-moon shape, completely filled in with bright white. It is the brightest area in the drawing, falling almost in the center, and keeps commanding the viewer’s attention. Her forehead is a dark brown while the bottom (from nose to chin) is a light beige color - as if illuminated by some light source. Her head floats between two parallel diagonal lines as if caught in a beam from a spotlight shining down from somewhere above the upper left corner. The “beam' of light is set against a royal blue background, almost like a curtain or stage backdrop. Further giving the impression of a stage set, within each blue area there is an uncolored, rounded shape that looks like the halo from a glowing light. As the viewer follows the light beam, one finds the four naked dancing figures beneath the face. They could be quick sketches of “Josephine” dancing. Each has her cropped hairstyle. Two appear to wear bananas at their hips, one sports ostrich feathers on her rear (these 'accessories' might be references to her famous scandalous costumes - which included a belt made from bananas or strategically placed feathers.) The fourth has no accessories to embellish her birthday suit. They are in various dynamic poses, and each one has expressive hand gestures. From viewer’s left, dancer A (the largest of the four) is positioned at about 8 o’clock, dancer B (doing a deep knee bend with one leg pointed straight out) at about 7 o’clock, dancer C (smiling, boldly naked, and facing viewer directly) at about 5 o’clock; and dancer D (the smallest figure looking like she is running off in the distance ) at about 3 o’clock. The artist used a limited palette: besides brown/beige/taupe/black/white (face and bodies of the dancers); there is cobalt blue (on either side and at the bottom of the “spotlight”); a hint of acid yellow (by dancer A); and a hint of pale mauve/pink (by dancer C.) What’s remarkable about this drawing is how the artist captured the charisma and sensuality of Josephine Baker in a relatively simple sketch of her head. Her giant face has tremendous personality and a most engaging dazzling white smile as compared to, and balanced by, the four smaller, sinuous but anonymous dancing figures beneath. There is a clarity and logic to the graphic design - as the diagonals and circular lines keep directing the viewer back to Josephine's face.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/325249_07a030cfa0f81d5c_n.jpg "Object ID #907131607")
- Object ID #907131607
- crayon and gouache on paper.
- The Collection of Richard H. Driehaus, Chicago.
- 49.2016.3
- Drawing, Jazz Dancers
- gouache, crayon on paper.
- The Collection of Richard H. Driehaus, Chicago.
- 49.2016.2
- Object ID #907130325
- glass.
- Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1938.383.
- 48.2016.7
- This object was made by Orrefors Glasshouse.
- There are 2 images and 1 video of this object.
- Object ID #907130455
- porcelain.
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 87.58.
- 46.2016.2a,b
- Textile, Chan Chan, 1964
- cotton.
- Cowtan and Tout Larsen Archive Collection, Gift of Longhouse Reserve.
- 2016-32-5
- This object was made by Jack Lenor Larsen Incorporated.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Dancing Figure (France)
- paper.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1937-95-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Print, Playboy's Star Frolic, Webster Hall, New York, NY
- screenprint on silver-backed paper.
- Gift of Erik de Jong.
- 1994-26-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Playboy's Star Frolic, Webster Hall, New York, NY
- screenprint on silver-backed paper.
- Gift of Marilyn Friedman.
- 2016-49-5
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Poster, City Center Joffrey Ballet, from Seven Serigraphs by Seven Artists
- lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Joshua Mack.
- 1995-38-9
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Poster, An American in Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet
- screenprint on paper.
- Gift of Philippe Apeloig in honor of Gail Davidson.
- 2015-34-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, View of a Masquerade Ball
- pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-39
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Sidewall (France)
- machine-printed paper.
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1950-83-1
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Object ID #18494903
- cast silver, enamel.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1978-146-259
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Dancing Peasant Woman Figure
- enameled porcelain.
- The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
- 1989-41-120
- This object was made by State Porcelain Factory.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: The Dance
- pen and black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 2001-9-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Poster, Give Peace a Dance, Seattle Center House
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Art Chantry.
- 1995-69-40
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Pleated Fan (Spain)
- paper leaf with chromolithograph, pasted with spangles, painted and gilded....
- Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
- 1931-6-148
- Poster, Public Theater, New York: Dancing on Her Knees
- screenprint on white wove paper.
- Gift of Pentagram.
- 1998-2-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Poster, 1999 Season, Ballet Tech
- screenprint on paper.
- Gift of Paula Scher.
- 2013-25-6
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
