Minneapolis Institute of Art
Four Dancers at the Bar
Louis Legrand
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- Aquatint and drypoint
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
After gaining popular fame early in his career with etchings of cancan dancers, Louis-Auguste-Mathieu Legrand turned to the more refined environs of the Paris ballet. In this exquisite print he alternated the poses of the young dancers as he captured them in a moment of exhaustion. The selective use of filmy aquatint and painterly drypoint is truly inspired, as are the calligraphic lines delineating the dancers' skirts. Legrand was so well regarded in his day that the French government awarded him the prestigious Légion d'honneur in 1902. France, Europe
The authoritative record is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Minneapolis Institute of Art and other institutions.
Ballet Dancers Rehearsing
Getty Museum
Dancers
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dancer Stretching at the Bar
Art Institute of Chicago
On the Stage
Art Institute of Chicago
Dancers at the Bar
Art Institute of Chicago
Mademoiselle Eglantine’s Troupe
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Dancer at the Bar (on Point)
Art Institute of Chicago
Nude Woman (Femme dénudée)
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Ballet Dancers Rehearsing
Getty Museum
Two Dancers
Art Institute of Chicago
Ballet at the Paris Opéra
Art Institute of Chicago
Laundresses
Minneapolis Institute of Art