André Derain
Danseuses II (For the Ballets Russes)
, 1927
Charcoal
25 x 18.5 inches
Signed in pencil
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Provenance
Private Collection, Paris
Note: One of a series of drawings made by Derain for the Ballets Russes in c. 1927.
Literature
Collectif, sous la direction de Suzanne Pagé, André Derain le peintre du "trouble moderne", catalogue de l'exposition du Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1994, un dessin tres proche, de la meme suit reproduit p. 355