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Ballet Dancer #3
Look for lines. Do you see one line or many?
Look for lines. Do you see one line or many?
Ask: Both bodies seem “frozen” in the middle of a movement. Tell what will happen in the next.
Ask: Both bodies seem “frozen” in the middle of a movement. Tell what will happen in the next.
Move: What is your favorite sport or exercise? Strike a pose and take a photo.
Move: What is your favorite sport or exercise? Strike a pose and take a photo.
Arthur Murphy
Ballet dancer #3, 1937
Lithograph on paper
Property transfer, Illinois State Library
Arthur Murphy
Circus Group #3 Trapeze Artist, 1937
Lithograph on paper
Property transfer, Illinois State Library
A lithograph is a print made by drawing on a flat stone or metal plate with a sticky crayon. Then the stone is wetted with water and before ink is rolled on. Oil and water do not mix. The oily ink sticks to the crayon but not the wet stone. The image is pressed onto paper in a printing press.
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