Twirling and Bending, Wonderful c. 1940s Snapshot of Two USO Dancers with View of Trees Behind school award A charmer of a rooster

A charmer of a rooster I think

each with its own personality: one seeming almost on the verge of cracking a smile

13 1/2" x 10 3/8" in good condition

The rest of the chair seems all about Gardner

I've bought and sold and otherwise admired a lot of antique slates

Twirling and Bending, Wonderful c. 1940s Snapshot of Two USO Dancers with View of Trees Behind school award A charmer of a roosterI love this photo. The seller I purchased it from described it as dancers at a USO event, WW2 era, and surely this dancer with skirt aloft must have pleased the troops! But while that fresh faced young woman and the twirl of her raised skirt are gorgeous, what really makes this photo for me the is the presence of the second dancer, back turned and body bent in a movement that feels much more Martha Graham than Marilyn Monroe. And that very modernist