Country Dance

Composition in earthy, ochre, rose, gray, black, red, green, blue and yellow tones. Smooth texture. Transparency effects; tones and halftones obtained using broad strokes, which interpenetrate and overlap. Light falling from the left, stronger on top left half of the composition and more diffuse on the right half. It depicts a peasant dance, especially two couples dancing to an black accordionist, a man sitting at the table and other figures dancing in the background. In the foreground, on the left, couple dancing, profile: her on the left and him on the right, both with his face forward. The man's arms involve the woman's waist and she holds his arms almost at the shoulder. She wears long dress with a waist sash and a headscarf, with tip falling on the right shoulder. He has mustache, wears wide-brimmed hat, jacket lighter than pants and neckerchief. In the center of the composition, another couple dancing: her front is 3/4 toward to the right and he is facing back and 3/4 to the left. The woman is blonde, has slicked-back hair and wears a long dress with waist sash. The man has wide-brimmed hat, wears jacket lighter than the pants and scarf on the left breast pocket with the tip hanging out. Still in the foreground is a woman figure cut by the left edge of the support, turned back, 3/4 to the left, with green headscarf and long dress. In the background, in the center to the right half of the composition, on a dais, a man sitting in chair with feet, 3/4 facing left, playing accordion. This figure has hair, mustache and white beard, wears vest, long-sleeved shirt and dark pants. On the right edge of the support, another man sitting in a chair, left leg crossed over the right and toe raised to the left, with a table to his right. He is smoking a pipe, has a beard and mustache, wears a hat and scarf around his neck, pants and jacket. Behind to the right of the accordion player, a black figure standing, with the torso down, covered by accordionist, facing 3/4 to the left, looking forward and wearing a wide-brimmed hat. The dais, an apparent step, defines the space of the accordion, the black man and the man with the pipe. In the third plane, crowd effect obtained through the representation of a couple and a woman with braids, slightly set amid several strokes that suggest figures from other dancing couples. At the upper right corner, the darker area suggests a door. Plain background.