<I>Dance Figure No. 2</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1989
name: label: Created by
content: Eldzier Cortor, American, 1916 - 2015
notes: label: Description
content: A mezzotint of a dancing female figure by Eldzier Cortor. Drawn in dark grayscale, a female figure leans backwards with her arms outstretched. She wears a heavily shaded grayscale dress, and is depicted against sharp art deco geometric shapes jutting upward like a fan. Around her legs are grayscale waves like water, and a round arch featuring neon orange at its center. Below the gray etching are two silver colored rectangular bars. The off-white background print is bordered by brown paper. Below the brown border is “T/P”, “Dance Figure II”, and the artist’s signature [Eldzier Cortor]. On the back of the intaglio, an imprinted watermark at the bottom right reads: [BFN RIVES / FRANCE], followed by an infinity symbol.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Artist, Eldzier Cortor, in memory of Sophia Cortor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.170.5
objectType: label: Type
content: mezzotints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1989 Eldzier Cortor
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink and paint on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (image): 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (sheet): 22 5/16 × 15 in. (56.6 × 38.1 cm)