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J. D. Roybal spent a large portion of his career painting small paintings such as this pair, generally the size of note cards or postcards, featuring two or three costumed dancers. These were his bread-and-butter paintings as they were inexpensive and easy to sell. Occasionally, he painted larger-scale paintings, again with two or three costumed dancers, but only rarely did he paint major dance ceremonies with background materials behind the dancers. 

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