# Dancing Sailors, in The 20th century

Charles Demuth painted this in 1917, aged 34. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> This drawing was inspired by Charles Demuth's participation in the nightlife of New York's Greenwich Village during the early 20th century. Around this time, the artist made numerous watercolors of nightclubs, performers, and bathhouses.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1917
- Medium: watercolor over graphite
- Dimensions: Sheet: 20.4 x 25.7 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.); Secondary Support: 21.4 x 26.3 cm (8 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980.9
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Charles Demuth](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/charles-demuth), American, 1883–1935

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