TITLE OF WORK: A handsome Kabylian with a flower at his ear advances and retreats in rhythm… (Un beau Kabyle, une fleur à l'oreille, avance et recule en cadence...)
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1915
DIMENSIONS: 14 x 23 cm
COMMENTS: Soldiers from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco serving in the French army, stationed in Royan, France
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Morocco, Algeria, France, Royan
COMMENTS: This is the earliest representation of Lola Montez, upon her debut in London on 03/06/1843. Illustration from the Pictorial Times, 15/07/1843. Lola Montez was lover of King Ludwig I of Bavaria
TITLE OF WORK: Dancer and two Kitharists. Attic red-figure chous vasernDancer and two Kitharists
TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, red-figure chous vase
DATE: -405
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 19.05 cm height
COMMENTS: Dancer and two Kitharists. All three are boys, with wavy hair falling to shoulder. In the centre one dances with violent action to right, arms extended and head thrown back; he wears a long chiton tie
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Attica, Athens
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, acrylic, laquer and paper collage on board
DATE: 1974
DIMENSIONS: 121.9 x 91.4 cm
COMMENTS: Signed "Romare Bearden" at lower left. The Savoy Ballroom was a dance place in Harlem, New York, featuring some of the best jazz bands and singers, including Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.
