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ARTIST: James McNeill Whistler (U.S.A., 1834-1903)

TITLE OF WORK: Loïe Fuller dancing

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and black ink on white velin cassé

DATE: 1892

DIMENSIONS: 20.9 x 31.9 cm

COMMENTS: Whistler must have seen one of the shows of Fuller. Lo?e (Marie-Louise) Fuller (1862-1928) was born in Illinois and debuted in the Folies-Bergère on 05/11/1892.

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

DANCE FORM: music-hall