Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Anthony Fry, 1927–2016, British
Title:
Group of Dancing Figures
Date:
ca. 1961
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 28 3/4 x 36 3/4 inches (73 x 93.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in blue felt-tipped pen on brown paper tape, upper stretcher member, painting verso: “CHRIST [crossed-out] ANTHONY FRY”; printed in red ink on fragmented brown paper tape, upper end of right stretcher bar, painting verso: “[…]049[…]” [some of number is missing]; Printed piece of paper adhered to canvas verso with self-adhesive tape, painting verso: “ANTHONY FRY | GROUP OF DANCING FIGURES | (FROM COLLECTION OF RHODA PRITZKER)”; inscribed in black, on paper label tucked between lower stretcher member and canvas verso: PRITZKER COLLECTION | RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART | P.O. BOX 1838 SARASOTA, FLORIDA 33578 | ANTHONY FRY, GROUP OF DANCING FIGURES [title underlined] #19"; stamped nside upper frame rebate, frame verso: “Made in Germany”; Inscribed in ballpoint, inside left frame rebate (from verso), frame verso: “6049-1-28 x 36 4704S”
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
Copyright Status:
© Copyright Anthony Fry
Accession Number:
B2012.30.23
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
dancers | figure study | abstract art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Ian Collins, Modernism and memory : Rhoda Pritzker and the art of collecting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, pp. 74, 75, 203, fig. 41, 203 fig., N6768 .M635 2016 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:63964