Feline No. II, Angna Enters
Date1930
Artist
Helen Farr Sloan
(American painter, 1911–2005)
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 11 7/8 × 7 1/4 in. (30.2 × 18.4 cm)
sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (37.9 × 27 cm)
sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (37.9 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-518
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextAngna Enters (1897–1989) was a dancer, mime, writer, and visual artist. Born in Milwaukee, Enters was inspired by performances of the dance duo Denishawn and Sergei Diaghilev's Les Ballet Russes. She moved to New York to study art at the Art Students League in 1919. She also studied dance with Michio Ito, eventually becoming his dance partner in 1923. That year she created her first solo piece, and in 1924 she launched her first solo program, "The Theatre of Angna Enters" at the Greenwich Village Theater. The Sloans were friends of Enters, and John Sloan designed some of her playbills. Helen Farr Sloan depicted Enters performing "Feline" a Spanish-flavored dance set to music by Debussy.
