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Dancing Nymph

Artist: Olin Levi Warner, American, 1844-1896
Medium: Marble
Dates: 1881
Dimensions: 37 x 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (94 x 34.9 x 29.8 cm)
Signature: Incised along edge of base at proper left, in script: "O.L. Warner / 1881."
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 34.852
Credit Line: Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Helen Babbott MacDonald, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott
Image: Overall, 34.852_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Statue of nude female bacchante standing on round base on proper left leg with right leg lifted slightly; hands clasped and held out in front of left shoulder; figure looks down to ground and wears leaves in hair; trunk rises to middle of thigh behind proper left leg, pan flute hangs from stump; thrysus on ground below right foot. Condition: Good.

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