Ada Forman in her Javanese Palace Dance

Ada Forman in her Javanese Palace Dance
Ada Forman in her Javanese Palace Dance

Ada Forman in her Javanese Palace Dance

Date1920
Artist (American painter, 1871–1944)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions75 3/8 × 43 1/2 in. (191.5 × 110.5 cm)
frame: 78 3/8 × 46 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (199.1 × 118.1 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John A. Dietze, 1995
Object number1995-20
On View
On view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextAda Forman was an American dancer who became known for her "Javanese" dancing in the early 20th century. Forman first performed Javanese-inspired dances for Denishawn (the company of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn) in 1915. When this was painted, she was appearing in the Greenwich Village Follies as a Javanese dancer.
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