Isadora Duncan

c. 1910
(American, 1880–1965)
Sheet: 22.5 x 14.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
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By dancing to the music of the great masters—Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, Brahms, Scriabin, and Wagner—music that was considered "above" dance, Duncan elevated dance to a level of artistic appreciation it had not received since the days of the ancient Greeks. She stripped the staging down to a bare, curtained space, and the costuming to simple, flowing tunics, allowing movement and the music to be the focal point of her artistic statement. Enraptured by Duncan, Walkowitz made more than a thousand drawings of his subject. For him, "she had no laws. She did not dance according to the rules. She created. Her body was music."
Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan

c. 1910

Abraham Walkowitz

(American, 1880–1965)
America, 20th century

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