Dance in Art

The Ballerinas, plate fifteen from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) edited by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1835-1939)

Medium:

Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Source:

aic

Rights:

AIC — rights reserved

The Ballerinas, plate fifteen from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante, by Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) edited by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1835-1939), is a public-domain color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.