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32 STUDIES of a DANCING MAN for THE DANCE
Early 1880's

FREDERIC LEIGHTON, LORD LEIGHTON OF STRETTON, P.R.A.
1830-1896

A full length bacchanalian male figure wearing an animal skin. He is looking to the left, his right hand on his hip and his left arm raised and outstretched. His left leg is placed before his right. There is a similar, slighter study to the right.

 


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32 STUDIES of a DANCING MAN for THE DANCE
Early 1880's

FREDERIC LEIGHTON, LORD LEIGHTON OF STRETTON, P.R.A.
1830-1896

Black and white chalk on brown paper, 26.7 x 33 (10.5 x 13)

Provenance: unknown, but see 27 above.

Literature: Ormond, under cat. 292, Dance: A Frieze.

A full length bacchanalian male figure wearing an animal skin. He is looking to the left, his right hand on his hip and his left arm raised and outstretched. His left leg is placed before his right. There is a similar, slighter study to the right.

A study for the male figure to the right of The Dance.

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