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Study for the Delhi ballerina (Etude pour la ballerine de Delhi)

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TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
DATE: 1910
DATE DETAILS: approx.
DIMENSIONS: 58.2 x 45 cm
COMMENTS: This is a study for a larger tempera painting. Besnard studied the exotic spectacles in India and painted the bayadères or temple dancers in Thanjavur, a transvestite male dancer at Jodhpur, the Hindu
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India, France

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