Danseuse

One such painting is Italian futurist Gino Severini's cheerful "Danseuse" (1915), a Parisian dancer in motion (estimate: £7 million-£10 million).

Rare Opportunities in London Sales 2008

Its top lot was a rare Gino Severini view of a dancer, "Danseuse," a Creamsicle-colored Futurist work that sold for $29.6 million, surpassing its $20 million high estimate and breaking the artist's record seven-fold.

Dead Artists 2008

A superb image of a dancer, "Danseuse" (circa 1933) is estimated at €2,000-€3,000, and an equally superb picture of a woman with penetrating eyes holding a glass container as if she is looking into the future, "Fantaisie" (circa 1945-1950), is expected to fetch €1,500-€2,000.

Magnum Masters at Photo Auction 2008

NOTE: According to Richard O'Connor (Jack London: A Biography, Boston: Little, Brown, 1964, 97-98), the real Freda was Freda Moloof, a Greek who billed herself in Dawson as "the Turkish Whirlwind Danseuse" and performed a dance deemed so salacious that the Mounties ordered her to tone down her act.

“The way of a man with a maid may be too wonderful to know. . .” 2008

Despite Degas 'ballerina "Petite Danseuse De Quatorze Ans" going for the top end ...

Charlotte Appleyard: The Auction Room Action 2009

Despite Degas 'ballerina "Petite Danseuse De Quatorze Ans" going for the top end of its estimate only a couple of evenings before, last night was being perceived by many as the first big post credit crunch test of the contemporary art market.

Charlotte Appleyard: The Auction Room Action 2009

Despite Degas 'ballerina "Petite Danseuse De Quatorze Ans" going for the top end ... digg

Charlotte Appleyard: The Auction Room Action 2009

Danseuse, a rare futurist painting by the Italian artist Gino Severini

Archive 2008-07-01 Hermes 2008

Sotheby's Edgar Degas '"Danseuse au repos" (1879), which was estimated at $40 million, sold for $37 million to Yasuaki Ishizaka, head of Sotheby's Tokyo office, on behalf of a telephone bidder at Sotheby's.

Fall Art Auctions: Highs and Lows 2008

In 1997 curators at Paris's Musee d'Orsay asked the Ballet de l'Opera de Paris to restore the fragile tulle skirt on Edgar Degas's most famous work: "La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans."

A New Life For Degas's Young Dancer 2007