Two sketches of ballet dancers, one male, one female (recto); sketch of female ballet dancer, male head, incomplete body, and man in suit sitting in chair reading, scribbled out (verso)

Inscriptions

Inscribed and dated, in graphite, lower right: Ballet Theater - New York / 1941; inscribed, in graphite, right center: Edward / Caton; inscribed, in graphite, left center: Mina / Strogonova; inscribed, in ink, around left image: [color notations] inscribed, in graphite, on reverse lower center, parallel to left margin: from A [circled].

Provenance

The artist; given to Dartmouth College Library; transferred to present collection, 2000.

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