Title

Bottle Dancer

Description

An intimate account of a woman getting dressed by her bed. Joe Jones was an artist born in St. Louis and was known for being a political activist. Bottle Dancer is one of the works he created that would have been pushing the boundaries at the time.

Creator

Joe Jones

Subject

St. Louis History

St. Louis Artists

Artists

African Americans

Medium

Oil over tempera on canvas, mounted on Masonite

Date

1936

Source

St. Louis Art Museum

Identifier

70:1979