p3017

ARTIST: Georges Barbier (France, 1882-1932)

TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan in a Delphos dress

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen, ink and watercolor on cardboard

DATE: 1917

DIMENSIONS: 26.5 x 20 cm

COMMENTS: Signed and dated 1917. The Delphos dress, designed by Mariano Fortuny, had an enormous success. Isadora Duncan was often wearing it, after abandoning the hand-made fabrics of her brother Raymond.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France

DANCE FORM: modern

KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan, costume