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ARTIST: Maurice Denis (France, 1870-1943)

TITLE OF WORK: Study for "Presto, a figure of the Exèdre. Natacha Trouchanova

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, charcoal heightened with white chalk and pastel on paper

DATE: 1913

DIMENSIONS: 78 x 103 cm

COMMENTS: Natacha Trouhanowa, Russian dancer, posed for this sketch. It was one of the 11 panels to decorate the scene of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The series was named "Les mouvements et les nuances". Th

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France