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The Russian Ballet [4 of 4]
David Bomberg (English, 1890–1957)
1919
Medium/Technique
Color lithogaph, unbound proof page for illustrated booklet
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Richard E. Caves
Accession Number2022.1146.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPrinted text, recto, left side: Fluttering white hands beat/compel. Reason concedes.; verso: Impressions crowding collide/with movement round us—Insistent snatchings drag fancy from space
Provenance1991, sold by Redfern Gallery, London, to Richard E. Caves (b. 1931 – d. 2019), Cambridge, MA; 2022, bequest of Richard E. Caves to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 20, 2022)
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