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Little Dancer
Artist: Jane Sutherland (1942 – )
Date:
2007
21st century
Dimensions:
42 x 30 in. (106.68 x 76.2 cm)
Object Type:
Drawing
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Charcoal with gesso and pumice on Arches paper
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2008.
Accession Number:
2022.47.01
This work is not currently on view
"This rear view drawing of Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen Years Old is one of my series of 8
drawings, 7 large oil paintings and 6 small portrait heads of the Little Dancer. This drawing is based on a
bronze copy of the original wax sculpture and is a drawing study for one of the larger oil paintings.
I first became acquainted with the sculpture at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as a young girl of about
her age. My interest was reawakened when I had the opportunity to observe the restoration of it at the
National Gallery in Washington. By portraying the Little Dancer from many viewpoints I bring attention
as well to the actual girl, Marie Van Goethem, the young child of a working class family who wanted to
become a great dancer and instead became on the great muses in the history of art.
The drawing is charcoal on a heavy weight drawing paper that I prepared by coating several layers to
both sides with gesso mixed with fine pumice. I frequently prepare paper for drawing with charcoal this
way."
- Artist Statement
drawings, 7 large oil paintings and 6 small portrait heads of the Little Dancer. This drawing is based on a
bronze copy of the original wax sculpture and is a drawing study for one of the larger oil paintings.
I first became acquainted with the sculpture at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as a young girl of about
her age. My interest was reawakened when I had the opportunity to observe the restoration of it at the
National Gallery in Washington. By portraying the Little Dancer from many viewpoints I bring attention
as well to the actual girl, Marie Van Goethem, the young child of a working class family who wanted to
become a great dancer and instead became on the great muses in the history of art.
The drawing is charcoal on a heavy weight drawing paper that I prepared by coating several layers to
both sides with gesso mixed with fine pumice. I frequently prepare paper for drawing with charcoal this
way."
- Artist Statement
Exhibitions
Dance: Marc Mellon, Jane Sutherland, Philip Trager. Fairfield University Art Museum, Walsh Gallery (September 18, 2015 - January 15, 2016)
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Contemporary
Period and styles of painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'Contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'Contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'Contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present. To refer to the current time period without reference to style of art, use "contemporary (generic time frame)".
Period and styles of painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'Contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'Contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'Contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present. To refer to the current time period without reference to style of art, use "contemporary (generic time frame)".
drawings
Visual works produced by drawing, which is the application of lines on a surface, often paper, by using a pencil, pen, chalk, or some other tracing instrument to focus on the delineation of form rather than the application of color. This term is often defined broadly to refer to computer-generated images as well.
Visual works produced by drawing, which is the application of lines on a surface, often paper, by using a pencil, pen, chalk, or some other tracing instrument to focus on the delineation of form rather than the application of color. This term is often defined broadly to refer to computer-generated images as well.
dancers
Those who engage in the activity of dancing or who practice the art of dance, especially as a profession.
Those who engage in the activity of dancing or who practice the art of dance, especially as a profession.
ballet dancers
Those who practice the art of ballet.
Those who practice the art of ballet.
ballet
The discipline having to do with ballet, which is artistic dance in which stylized poses and steps are combined with light and flowing figures and movements, such as leaps and turns; often combined with music, scenery, costume, and sometimes pantomime or speech to convey a story, theme, or atmosphere to the audience.
The discipline having to do with ballet, which is artistic dance in which stylized poses and steps are combined with light and flowing figures and movements, such as leaps and turns; often combined with music, scenery, costume, and sometimes pantomime or speech to convey a story, theme, or atmosphere to the audience.
girls
Refers to female human beings from birth through adolescence.
Refers to female human beings from birth through adolescence.
gesso
A white priming or ground made of chalk, gypsum, burnt gypsum, zinc oxide, or whiting mixed with glue or occasionally casein. Used to prepare wooden panels or other supports for painting, gilding, or other decorative processes.
A white priming or ground made of chalk, gypsum, burnt gypsum, zinc oxide, or whiting mixed with glue or occasionally casein. Used to prepare wooden panels or other supports for painting, gilding, or other decorative processes.
pumice
Finely ground pigment made from pumice vocanic stone, used to make a clear glaze for ceramics.
Finely ground pigment made from pumice vocanic stone, used to make a clear glaze for ceramics.
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