Painting of Ruth St. Denis, modern dance pioneer, in Southeast Asian attire, (painting, 1912)

Item Overview

Title

Painting of Ruth St. Denis, modern dance pioneer, in Southeast Asian attire, (painting, 1912)

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Artist

Currier, Walter Barron, $d 1879-1934

Date Created

[between 1920-1965]

Date

1920/1965

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Photograph of a framed painting of Ruth Sr. Denis depicted wearing a sari and choli (short blouse). She looks over one shoulder and holds a dish in one hand, the other hand is held up over head with the palm up. Painting signed, “Walter Barron Currier, California, 1912.”
Ruth St. Denis was a modern dancer who incorporated eastern dance into her work. Walter Barron Currier was a Massachusetts-born painter, craftsman, illustrator, print maker and etcher. He moved to the Los Angeles area in 1913. Currier was the head of Lincoln High School's art department, and established the Currier Creative Art School in Santa Monica in 1926.
Date of painting is 1912; date of photograph unknown.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Ruth St. Denis 1912. Photo of painting.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

oil paintings (visual works)
acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Modern dance--California--Los Angeles