Title: Dancing Line Artist: Purvis Young Year: c. late 20th century

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Dimensions: 41 × 15 in. (overall)

Medium / Materials: Paint on fabric

Support: Fabric

Edition: Unique work

Description:

A continuous line of figures sways in rhythmic unison.

Context & Interpretation:

Dance functions as metaphor for communal endurance and joy.

Provenance:

Private Collection; Private Collection, Massachusetts (present).

Condition:

Condition consistent with the artist’s materials and working process.

Significance:

An elegant distillation of Young’s procession motif.

Dimensions: 41 × 15 in. (overall)

Medium / Materials: Paint on fabric

Support: Fabric

Edition: Unique work

Description:

A continuous line of figures sways in rhythmic unison.

Context & Interpretation:

Dance functions as metaphor for communal endurance and joy.

Provenance:

Private Collection; Private Collection, Massachusetts (present).

Condition:

Condition consistent with the artist’s materials and working process.

Significance:

An elegant distillation of Young’s procession motif.