Artist name:
Irma Stern
Artist date(s): 1894-1966
Artwork title:
Initiation dance
Description: Dance scene depicting the initiation dance of a goup of young Xhosa women, marking the end of a period of instruction in adult matters when girls become women; four dancers standing in centre ground, faces of two dancers in foreground, and figures in background; unsigned and undated but label on back dates this work as 1941; framed. Two labels on top left back of frame: on the left: Grosvenor Gallery: Title: Cat. 37 Intitiation Dance; Medium: oil/can; Date 1941; Stock no: 7932; second label with black backgound: IRMA STERN (1894-1966) Memorial Exhibition; Gosvenor Gallery; 30 Davies Street London W1; 14 March-15 April 1967.
Artwork date(s): c.1941
Artwork type: IS Oil Paintings
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurements: 860X940
Inscription: us/ud
Accession number: 13
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