Explore the Part I, #1: Dancing at the Louvre (1991) about the Descriptions and locations of this artwork, The French Collection.
Dancing at the Louvre depicts Willia Marie and a stylish Black woman whose three daughters in colorful dresses are dancing happily in an art gallery at the Louvre. Several paintings are rendered on the wall behind the figures, including the Mona Lisa. In the written text, Willia Marie writes to her Aunt Melissa about a friend named Marcia (the pictured woman), who scolded Willia Marie for not bringing her children with her to Europe. Ringgold modeled Marcia and her children on the artist's own children in real life, whom she did not bring to Europe with her on her trips for inspiration for the series.Dancing at the Louvre is in the collection of the Gund Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.
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