1892
Oil on cardboard, 86 x 45 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Jane Avril was always similarly attired for her sensational performances. She wore a full-skirted dress of white muslin that was gathered in a narrow embroidered collar at the neck, and had wide sleeves. With this she wore a kind of beret on which a few feathers swayed. Trademark of her choreography was a particular pose in which her left leg was raised high and swiveled wildly back and forth.
