1891
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Danseuse rattachant son chausson (Dancer Tying Her Slipper) is a 1891 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three women in a dimly lit room. One is kneeling, tying a slipper on a bare foot. Another stands nearby, holding a dress or shawl. The third woman stands in the background, watching. The walls are plain, with a framed picture hanging and a window letting in faint light. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and fabric texture. The scene looks like a quiet moment backstage, maybe in a theater. Try looking up lithography to see how this print was made.
Jean-Louis Forain (French pronunciation: ; 23 October 1852 – 11 July 1931) was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in media including oils, watercolour, pastel, etching and lithograph.
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