"Does hindsight intensify meaning?" Elizabeth Kornhauser on Jules Tavernier's Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse<br /><br />Jules Tavernier (American, born France, 1844–1889). Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California, 1878. Made in San Francisco, California, United States. Oil on canvas; 48 x 72 1/4 in. (121.9 x 183.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund, 2016 (2016.135)<br /><br />MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art recently acquired by the Met through gifts and purchases. Discover a new work each month.
