Repose

Alexander, John White (1856-1915)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1895
Height:
132.7 cm  (52 1/4 in.)
Width:
161.6 cm  (63 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Paris (France)

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    American paintings and sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 1980.224]"Latern" (Paris) April 26, 1895.
    Signed and dated (lower right): J. W. Alexander 95--

Description

Portrait of American dancer Loïe Fuller lounging. Fuller's butterfly dances with iridescent chiffon veils were adulated by Parisians during the 1890s.

People as subjects

Fuller, Loïe (1862-1928) (Dancer)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3606