This is a painting of a woman with most of her body covered in draped fabric. She is positioned with her head resting gently on her right shoulder and her right arm bent across her body while her left arm dangles down. Her facial features are delicate, with closed or downturned eyes, a small nose, and thin red lips. She has short orange-brown hair adorned with a red headband or bandana. Everything below her arms appears to be covered with fabric that falls loosely over her form, and her legs are not visible. Her pose is ambiguous; she may be sitting with her knees to her chest with the…
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Dancer (Die Tänzerin)

Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890 - 1918)

1913

Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
overall: 47 x 30.5 cm (18 1/2 x 12 in.)
Culture
Austrian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of Liselotte Millard, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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