Dancing Class

Copied Dorothea Greenbaum, Dancing Class, 1967, bronze, 23 1⁄4 x 6 x 7 5⁄8 in. (59.0 x 15.2 x 19.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David S. Greenbaum, 1974.103

Artwork Details

Title
Dancing Class
Artist
Date
1967
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
23 1⁄4 x 6 x 7 5⁄8 in. (59.0 x 15.2 x 19.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of David S. Greenbaum
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Performing arts — dance — ballet
  • Figure female — child
Object Number
1974.103
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.103

Artwork Description

The body inspired Dorothea Greenbaum, who strove to tap into the “natural rhythms” that humans exhibit in their forms and actions. Although her art is based on nature, she contemplated and refined her subjects to create personal, original works of art. Dancing Class is one of Greenbaum’s many figures that portray adolescence, and the balance, elegance, and poise seen in it are characteristic of her work, which “dignifies the familiar” (Helen Schwartz, Dorothea Greenbaum: A Retrospective, 1972).