Woman Dancing with Her Head Thrown Back, rear view, ca. 1890 – 1917

Title

Woman Dancing with Her Head Thrown Back, rear view

Draughtsman

• Auguste Rodin ?

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Pencil and watercolour on rose-tinted wove paper

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• watercolours
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• movement study
• study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): AR

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links: 186 no. 80
Unten rechts Stempel der Sammlung Odilon Roche, Paris (Lugt 2007e); verso Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1940

Genre

• nude

Main Motif

• woman
• dance

Primary

• 31AA14 human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude - AA - female human figure
• 31AA2225 back - AA - female human figure
• 43C9 dancing

Secondary

• 48C8422 female dancer
• 31A243 head bent backwards

Alternative Attribution

• Odilon Roche draughtsman; by written note