Mabel Dwight

Houston St Burlesque
1929

A black and white print depicting a burlesque dancer on stage, with a spotlight illuminating her from the left. She is smiling and striking a pose, with one arm extended and the other holding a piece of her costume. The audience, consisting of various expressive faces, is visible in the darkened foreground, looking up at the performer with different reactions. The print is titled "Hudson St. Burlesque, 1939" and signed by the artist in the lower right corner.
A black and white print depicting a burlesque dancer on stage, with a spotlight illuminating her from the left. She is smiling and striking a pose, with one arm extended and the other holding a piece of her costume. The audience, consisting of various expressive faces, is visible in the darkened foreground, looking up at the performer with different reactions. The print is titled "Hudson St. Burlesque, 1939" and signed by the artist in the lower right corner.

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Date
1929

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 11 1/2in. (40.6 × 29.2 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 7 15/16in. (24.8 × 20.2 cm)

Accession number
96.68.87

Edition
Ed. 50

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller; published by Weyhe Gallery

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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