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Sep 28, 2009
Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan
1908
Abraham Walkowitz
(American, 1880–1965)
Pen and black ink
Support: Cream(3) wove paper
Sheet: 31.8 x 15.1 cm (12 1/2 x 5 15/16 in.)
Gift of Zabriskie Gallery 1993.66
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Isadora Duncan broke with the conventions of formal ballet, and danced barefoot, with free, sweeping movements. To artists such as Walkowitz she symbolized the primitive spirit which was shattering to the stiff conventions of the Victorian era.
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