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Fan Dancers

Artist Phan Ngoc Minh Vietnamese, born 1954

Date2011

MediumAcrylic on canvas

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineGift of Susan Sussman and Scudder Parker

Object number2024.6

DescriptionHorizontal composition showing five figures in a procession moving from left to right. On the far left edge, there is a standing figure with one arm on his hip and the other arm outstretched, hand holding a paintbrush. The figure is oriented with his body entering in from the left side of the picture plane, rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The four figure, spanning from center left to right edge, hold a fan in each hand, and are barefoot. The dancers are painted white with incised geogmetric shapes on their lower torsos. The background of the painting is brown with raised surface texture and some partly visible portions of orange.

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