COMMENTS: This is the central one of the 3 large panels commissioned by the Cunard-White Star Company to decorate the main lounge of the Queen Mary transatlantic liner.
TITLE OF WORK: How the Indians made me dance in front of the hut containing their idols, called Tamerka (Comment les Indiens me firent danser devant la cabane qui contient leurs idoles, nommés Tamerka)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
DATE: 1557
COMMENTS: Illustration in the book and description of the scene
ARTIST: Jean-Baptiste van Mour (France, 1671-1737)
TITLE OF WORK: A feast given in Constantinople upon orders by the Grand Sovereign to Madame la marquise d'Usson de Bonnac, née Gontaut Biron, ambassador of France
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
DATE: 1730
DATE DETAILS: approx.
DIMENSIONS: 90 x 120 cm
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Turkey, Constantinople, Istanbul,
TITLE OF WORK: Etruscan female dancer. Bronze statuette
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze statuette
DATE: -500
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 13.3 cm height
COMMENTS: Female dancer (possibly a votive statuette) wearing a tight ankle-length dress without folds; many incised lines, dots and circles indicate a textile pattern. She wears pointed-toed shoes (Etruscan ca
TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Cuadro flamenco"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, gouache on paper
DATE: 1921
COMMENTS: "Cuadro flamenco", suite of Andalusian dances. Music by Manuel de Falla, arranged from Andalusian folk tunes; decors and costumes by Pablo Picasso
TITLE OF WORK: Slab from a marble frieze, representing seven women and girls dancing
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, marble
DATE: -535
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 53.5 x 83.5 cm
COMMENTS: Relief of women moving to the right in a dance. The slab formed part of a continuous frieze; there is an edge at each side which leaves figures incomplete. The back is rough-tooled with an offset at t
