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Isadora Duncan, the famous American dancer, returned to the United States from France in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I for her first appearance since the tragic death of her children two years previously. Sloan was captivated by her grace and beauty. Although she lacked slenderness, she was still, in his opinion, the greatest dancer on earth. Sloan depicted Duncan in numerous paintings, drawings and monotypes. She is also the subject of one of his etchings.
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Exhibition History"Selections from the Truby Kelly Kirsch Memorial Collection," circulated to seven locations in Iowa by the Des Moines Art Center during 1955-1958
"Selections from the Truby Kelly Kirsch Memorial Collection," Art Lounge of the Iowa Building, Drake University
"Selections from the Truby Kelly Kirsch Memorial Collection and General Collection," Cedar Rapids Art Association, exhibited at the Cedar Rapids Public Library
"Focus," Memorial Union Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames
"Thirty Selections from the Truby Kelly Kirsch Memorial Collection," circulated by the Iowa Arts Council to twelve locations in Iowa, 1970-1971
"Dedication Day," Spencer Public Library, the same 30 works which were included in the above Arts Council Tour continued on display
"Diversions: Images Of Entertainment And Amusement," Des Moines Art Center, April 28-June 24, 1990
"Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America," organized by the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution — National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., April 4-Aug.3, 1997; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 6-Nov. 9, 1997; Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind."SINGULAR IMPRESSIONS: THE MONOTYPE IN AMERICA," National Musuem of American Art, Washington
"MCM - Y2K: A CENTURY OF ART ON PAPER," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Published ReferencesJoann Moser, SINGULAR IMPRESSIONS: THE MONOTYPE IN AMERICA, exhibition catalogue, (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997), fig. 64, p. 68
Exhibition History"Selections from the Truby Kelly Kirsch Memorial Collection," circulated to seven locations in Iowa by the Des Moines Art Center during 1955-1958
"Selections from the Truby Kelly Kirsch Memorial Collection," Art Lounge of the Iowa Building, Drake University
"Selections from the Truby Kelly Kirsch Memorial Collection and General Collection," Cedar Rapids Art Association, exhibited at the Cedar Rapids Public Library
"Focus," Memorial Union Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames
"Thirty Selections from the Truby Kelly Kirsch Memorial Collection," circulated by the Iowa Arts Council to twelve locations in Iowa, 1970-1971
"Dedication Day," Spencer Public Library, the same 30 works which were included in the above Arts Council Tour continued on display
"Diversions: Images Of Entertainment And Amusement," Des Moines Art Center, April 28-June 24, 1990
"Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America," organized by the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution — National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., April 4-Aug.3, 1997; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 6-Nov. 9, 1997; Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind."SINGULAR IMPRESSIONS: THE MONOTYPE IN AMERICA," National Musuem of American Art, Washington
"MCM - Y2K: A CENTURY OF ART ON PAPER," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Published ReferencesJoann Moser, SINGULAR IMPRESSIONS: THE MONOTYPE IN AMERICA, exhibition catalogue, (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997), fig. 64, p. 68
DimensionsSheet: 10 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (26.7 × 22.2 cm)
Plate: 8 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (22.5 × 20 cm)
Plate: 8 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (22.5 × 20 cm)
Accession Number 1954.36
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightPublic Domain
Inscriptionsdated and signed: April 8, 1915 (l/l plate) John Sloan (l/r plate)
signed: John Sloan (l/r margin, pencil)
titled: Isadora Duncan (l/l margin, pencil)
insc: JS #526 (l/r sheet, red pencil)
ProvenanceArtist; The Estate of the Artist; (Kraushaar Gallery, New York). (Green Mountain Gallery, New York). Jean Day Collection. Dwight Kirsch, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1954]
