Dance orchestra

Mammen, Jeanne (1890-1976)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1930
Height:
44.2 cm  (17 3/8 in.)
Width:
36.3 cm  (14 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
watercolor on paper

Additional titles

Ball-Orchester

Description

The crowded nightclub scene depicted in this work includes couples dancing in the background with three musicians playing in the foreground; open music parts (notation not legible) appear on their music stands; a saxophone and a cello are visible, the third musician has his back to the viewer, obscuring his instrument.

Iconclass

43B34
night-club, dance-hall
48C7532
small group of musicians, chamber orchestra, jazz band
43C93
more than one couple dancing

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Saxophone [4346]
Violoncello [3582]

RIdIM images


© Jeanne Mammen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5708