Dance at the League

Maker Peggy Bacon (American, 1895 - 1987)

ClassificationsPRINTS

Date1919

Mediumdrypoint

Dimensionsimage: 7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm.) sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (23.5 x 29.5 cm.)

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Hannah S. Kully

Label TextPeggy Bacon created art by looking at life around her, following in the footsteps of John Sloan, her favorite teacher at the Art Students League. She attended the League from 1915 to 1920 and made her first drypoints there, several of which recorded her experiences as an art student. Dance at the League represents the "Bad News Dance" held by students in 1919. As is typical for Bacon, every figure is a portrait of a specific student, although she elongated peoples' limbs and exaggerated their movements to convey the wild exuberance of the party.

Status

Not on view

Object number2019.3

Exhibitions

Nineteen Nineteen