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In 1906, while visiting the studio of Auguste Rodin in Paris, Abraham Walkowitz first met Isadora Duncan, the most celebrated and innovative dancer of the era. This encounter marked the beginning of a relationship spanning the next three decades in which Walkowitz made a series of thousands of drawings of Duncan. She was credited as the inventor of modern dance, dressing in free-flowing costumes with her hair loose and her feet bare and using her solar plexus and torso as the impetus for her movements. Walkowitz sketched her quickly, trying to expose her directness and dynamism. His drawings of Duncan, or, as he called them, his “calling cards,” are some of the only authentic records left of her dancing, as she never agreed to be filmed.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.
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c. 1906-1927
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Walkowitz, Abraham (American, born Russian, 1878-1965)
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n.d.: Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York
n.d.: Sandra Wilson
From 2001: Dallas Museum of Art, the Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, bequest of Patsy Lacy Griffith
The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
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- Brooklyn Museum, New York~View more watercolors of Isadora Duncan by Abraham Walkowitz at the Brooklyn Museum.
- Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina~Learn more about the life and works of Abraham Walkowitz at the Reynolda House Museum.
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York~Explore other works by Abraham Walkowitz at the Whitney.
- YouTube~Watch this video to learn more about Isadora Duncan created by isadoraNOW.
- Smithsonian Archives of American Art~Read an interview with Abraham Walkowitz from 1958.
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General Description
In 1906, while visiting the studio of Auguste Rodin in Paris, Abraham Walkowitz first met Isadora Duncan, the most celebrated and innovative dancer of the era. This encounter marked the beginning of a relationship spanning the next three decades in which Walkowitz made a series of thousands of drawings of Duncan. She was credited as the inventor of modern dance, dressing in free-flowing costumes with her hair loose and her feet bare and using her solar plexus and torso as the impetus for her movements. Walkowitz sketched her quickly, trying to expose her directness and dynamism. His drawings of Duncan, or, as he called them, his “calling cards,” are some of the only authentic records left of her dancing, as she never agreed to be filmed.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Brooklyn Museum, New York~View more watercolors of Isadora Duncan by Abraham Walkowitz at the Brooklyn Museum.
- Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina~Learn more about the life and works of Abraham Walkowitz at the Reynolda House Museum.
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York~Explore other works by Abraham Walkowitz at the Whitney.
- YouTube~Watch this video to learn more about Isadora Duncan created by isadoraNOW.
- Smithsonian Archives of American Art~Read an interview with Abraham Walkowitz from 1958.
Notes
c. 1906-1927
Object File Reviewed
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Walkowitz, Abraham (American, born Russian, 1878-1965)
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Ink and watercolor on paper
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York
n.d.: Sandra Wilson
From 2001: Dallas Museum of Art, the Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, bequest of Patsy Lacy Griffith
The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
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