Stretching Collection

The Star (L Etoile), 1878. Artist: Edgar Degas
The Star (L Etoile), 1878. Painting housed in the Musee d Orsay, Paris. From French Painting by T. W. Earp. [Avalon Press, London, 1945]

Plate 80 from Los Caprichos : It is time (Ya es hora. ), 1799. Creator: Francisco Goya
Plate 80 from Los Caprichos : It is time (Ya es hora.), 1799

The Oriental bath. Massage, 1880s. Artist: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov
The Oriental bath. Massage, 1880s. Found in the collection of the Russian Museum of Ethnography

Morning Air, 1911. Creator: Johan Axel Gustav Acke
Morning Air, 1911

Women Stretching Silk (image 3 of 3), between circa 1797 and circa 1798. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Women Stretching Silk (image 3 of 3), between circa 1797 and circa 1798

Women Stretching Silk (image 2 of 3), between circa 1797 and circa 1798. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Women Stretching Silk (image 2 of 3), between circa 1797 and circa 1798

Westchester Country Club, 1932. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Westchester Country Club, 1932

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Sire! Lisbonne est prise... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Sire! Lisbonne est prise... 19th century. Sir! Lisbon is taken

Moore, Dulcie, Miss, portrait photograph, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Moore, Dulcie, Miss, portrait photograph, between 1916 and 1918

Florence Noyes dancers, between 1915 and 1918. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Florence Noyes dancers, between 1915 and 1918

Military Training, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Military Training, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Military Training, 1917 or 1918

Strauss, Sarah Mildred, and pupils, 1930 Apr. 25. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Strauss, Sarah Mildred, and pupils, 1930 Apr. 25

Children doing calisthenics while sitting at their desks in a classroom... Washington, DC, (1899?)
Children doing calisthenics while sitting at their desks in a classroom, 5th Division public schools, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Children seated at desks in Washington, D.C. classroom, stretching, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Children seated at desks in Washington, D.C. classroom, stretching, (1899?)

Bather With Outstretched Arms (recto); Study of a Tree (verso), 1874/77. Creator: Paul Cezanne
Bather With Outstretched Arms (recto); Study of a Tree (verso), 1874/77

Dancers at the Bar, 1889–90. Creator: Georges William Thornley
Dancers at the Bar, 1889-90

Early, 1914. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Early, 1914

Early, 1914. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Early, 1914

Young Spartans Exercising, c1860, (1932). Artist: Edgar Degas
Young Spartans Exercising, c1860, (1932). Painting held at The National Gallery, London. From An Outline of Modern Painting in Europe and America, by S. C. Kaines Smith

Physical Training at a Recruits Depot, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Physical Training at a Recruits Depot, c1943. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs

The Bath of Psyche, c1890. Painting held in the Tate Britain, London. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Grade school, Washington, D.C. - outdoor exercise class, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Grade school, Washington, D.C. - outdoor exercise class, (1899?)

Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - stretching and yawning exercise... (1899?)
Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - stretching and yawning exercise, 2d Division, (1899?)

Stretching, Fifth Division, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Stretching, Fifth Division, (1899?)

Stretching and yawning, 2nd Division, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Stretching and yawning, 2nd Division, (1899?)

Female students exercising, one with a wall-mounted device using ropes... Washington, D.C
Female students exercising, one with a wall-mounted device using ropes and pulleys, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Female student exercising with a wall-mounted device using ropes and... Washington, DC, (1899?)
Female student exercising with a wall-mounted device using ropes and pulleys, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Washington, D.C. public schools, Normal School - girls stretching and relaxing, (1899?)

Hide stretching-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hide stretching-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke woman stretching hide that has been secured to the ground by stakes, tipi in background, cliff on left

Women Stretching Silk (image 1 of 3), between c1797 and c1798. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Women Stretching Silk (image 1 of 3), between c1797 and c1798

Women Stretching Silk (image 1 of 3), between c1797 and c1798. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Women Stretching Silk (image 1 of 3), between c1797 and c1798

Stretching Wet Cloth (image 1 of 3), late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Stretching Wet Cloth (image 1 of 3), late 18th-early 19th century

Method of scraping hide for softening, Indian fishing village, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Method of scraping hide for softening. Indian fishing village. Oregon

Upper Torso with Upstretched Arms, n. d. Creator: Unknown
Upper Torso with Upstretched Arms, n.d

Drying and stretching cloth, Japan, c. 1796 / 97. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Drying and stretching cloth, Japan, c. 1796/97. [Arai-bari - women stretching silk, left-hand panel of a triptych]

Women on a Veranda Stretching Cloth to Dry, Japan, c. 1799. Creator: Hokusai
Women on a Veranda Stretching Cloth to Dry, Japan, c. 1799

Cloth-Stretcher, from the series "Twelve Types of Womens Handicraft (Fujin)
Cloth-Stretcher, from the series " Twelve Types of Womens Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)", Japan, c. 1798/99

Two women stretching cloth, Japan, c. 1797 / 98. Creator: Hokusai
Two women stretching cloth, Japan, c. 1797/98

Reclining Cat Stretched Out from Left to Right, 1128. Creator
Reclining Cat Stretched Out from Left to Right, 1128

Carpet Stretching Device, 1939. Creator: Alexander Anderson
Carpet Stretching Device, 1939

Long-armed man stretching, Edo period, 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
Long-armed man stretching, Edo period, 19th century

Dancer Practicing, 1934. Creator: Ernst Kirchner
Dancer Practicing, 1934

Morning, 1906. Creator: Auguste Rodin
Morning, 1906

Ballet Scene, c. 1907. Creator: Edgar Degas
Ballet Scene, c. 1907

Woman Stretching, c. 1896 / 1911. Creator: Edgar Degas
Woman Stretching, c. 1896/1911

Before the Ballet, 1890 / 1892. Creator: Edgar Degas
Before the Ballet, 1890/1892

Three Omagua Men, 1854 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Three Omagua Men, 1854/1869. Chief, warrior and medicine man of a fishing tribe south bank of the Amazon, near Nauta. 1853

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