Keywords: Negro Boy Dancing G125A.jpg Artwork Creator Thomas Eakins probably 1877 oil canvas cm 53 3 23 2 National Gallery of Art West Main Floor Gallery 65 object history Provenance Arthur B Frost; his son John Frost; Joseph Bryant New York before 1945; Harry Shaw Newman New York 1945; M Michelotti; consigned 24 January 1946 to M Knoedler Co New York ; purchased 18 February 1946 by M Knoedler Co New York ; sold 15 January 1956 to Babcock Galleries New York ; Joseph Katz Baltimore and New York d 1958; his estate by 1961; his son Leslie Katz Brooklyn by 1963; consigned 13 January 1964 to M Knoedler Co New York ; sold 2 January 1965 to Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon Upperville Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA credit line Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon accession number 1985 64 15 http //www nga gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f acc 1985 64 15 The National Gallery of Art Washington D C thumb left The Dancing Lesson watercolor by Thomas Eakins <br/>45 9 × 57 3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art 1878 PD-old-auto-1923 1916 DEFAULTSORT The dancing lesson thomas eakins Paintings by Thomas Eakins Paintings in the National Gallery of Art Paintings of boys African Americans in art Dancing children in art Learning in art 1877 paintings Paintings by Thomas Eakins in the National Gallery of Art The Dancing Lesson by Thomas Eakins |