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Works of Art (49)

The Ballet from Robert le Diable, 1871, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.552)
Blue Tango, 1984, Miguel Rio Branco (Brazilian), Silver dye bleach print (1998.206a-j)
Body Mask (Det), mid-20th century, Asmat people, Ambisu village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia, Wood, fiber, leaves, paint (1978.412.1282a)
Bone figurine with articulated arms and legs, 3rd century B.C., Greek (11.212.43)
Casket with Warriors and Dancers, carved 11th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Bone, copper gilt (17.190.239)
Charleston on the Bauhaus Roof, 1927, Lux Feininger (American, born Germany), Gelatin silver print (1987.1100.107)
Costume Study for Nijinsky in his Role in La Péri, Léon Bakst (Russian), Watercolor (22.226.1)
The Dance Class, probably 1874, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (1987.47.1)
A Dance in the Country, ca. 1755, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1980.67)
Dance Paddle (Rapa), early 19th century, Rapa Nui people, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Wood (1978.412.1571)
[Dance Study], ca. 1912, Adolph de Meyer (American, born France), Platinum print (49.55.327)
Dancer Adjusting Her Slipper, 1873, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Graphite heightened with white chalk on faded pink paper (29.100.941)
Dancer in the Role of Harlequin, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1884–85, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 39/A (29.100.411)
Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot, cast in 1920 from a plaster cast of ca. 1900, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 40/A (29.100.377)
Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass, ca. 1882–85, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.127)
Dancers Practicing at the Bar, 1877, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Mixed media on canvas (29.100.34)
Dancers, Pink and Green, ca. 1890, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.42)
The Dancing Class, probably 1871, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil on wood (29.100.184)
Dancing in Colombia, 1980, Fernando Botero (Colombian), Oil on canvas (1983.251)
Dressed Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward, cast in 1920 from a wax and cork sculpture modeled possibly ca. 1895 or later, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 51/A (29.100.392)
Eharo Mask, early 20th century, Elema people, Orokolo village, eastern Papuan Gulf region, Papua New Guinea, Barkcloth, cane, paint (1978.412.725)
El Morocco, 1955, Garry Winogrand (American), Gelatin silver print (1992.5107)
Female Dancer, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–9 A.D.), 2nd century B.C., China, Earthenware with slip and pigments (1992.165.19)
First Arabesque Penchée, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably before ca. 1890, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 2/A (29.100.398)
Fragmentary terracotta pinax (plaque) with a dancing girl, 5th century B.C., Cretan (53.5.39)
The Genius of the Dance, 1872, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Bronze (1970.171)
Head of Krishna, ca. 1800, Attributed to Sahib Ram, India (Rajasthan, Jaipur), Ink and watercolors on paper (1918.85.2)
Le Tricorne Ballet, 1935–37, Alexey Brodovitch (American, born Russia), Gelatin silver print (2005.100.295)
Lekythos, ca. 550 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.11.1)
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer; cast in 1922 from a mixed-media sculpture modeled ca. 1879–80, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, partly tinted, with cotton skirt and satin hair ribbon, on a wooden base (29.100.370)
Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772), 1757, François-Hubert Drouais (French), Oil on canvas (17.120.210)
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), mid- to late 19th century, Torres Strait Islander people, Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait, Australia, Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, shell (1978.412.1510)
Mask, 19th century, Probably Romkun, Breri, or Igana peoples, Ramu or Guam River, Lower Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, Wood (1978.7)
Mask, 19th–early 20th century, Probably Timor-Leste (East Timor), Wood, fiber, traces of paint, lime, and hair (2000.444)
Mukudj Mask, 19th–20th century, Punu peoples; Gabon, Wood, pigment, kaolin (2000.177)
Nasturtiums with the Painting "Dance", 1912, Henri Matisse (French), Oil on canvas (1984.433.16)
Negro Boy Dancing, 1878, Thomas Eakins (American), Watercolor on off-white wove paper (25.97.1)
Peasants Dancing, 1651, Johannes Lingelbach (Dutch), Oil on canvas (71.123)
Punjab, India, 1947, Henri Cartier-Bresson (French), Gelatin silver print (1987.1100.168)
Puppet Head (Si Gale-gale), late 19th–early 20th century, Toba Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia, Wood, brass, lead alloy, water buffalo horn, pigment (1987.453.6)
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, probably 1874, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas (29.160.26)
The Rehearsal Onstage, 1874?, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Pastel over brush-and-ink drawing on thin cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas (29.100.39)
Relief of a dancing maenad, ca. 27 B.C.–14 A.D.; Augustan, Roman copy of a Greek relief attributed to Kallimachos, ca. 425–400 B.C., Pentelic marble (35.11.3)
The Russian Dance, 1769, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (French), Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink (22.64.1)
Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja), Chola period, ca. 11th century, Tamil Nadu, India, Copper alloy (1987.80.1)
Spanish Dance, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1884, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 45/A, (29.100.395)
Statuette of a veiled and masked dancer, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Greek, Bronze (1972.118.95)
Terracotta figurine with articulated arms and legs, early 5th century B.C., Greek, Corinthian (44.11.8)
Une Balleteuse, 1900, Robert Demachy (French), Gum bichromate print (33.43.58)

Thematic Essays (14)