15:12 12/07/2008
This piece is very lovely. I like the graceful pose of the figure very much.
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Nude Figure of a Girl Dancing
- Artist: Bela Lyon Pratt, American
- Medium: Marble
- Dates: 1910
- Dimensions: 31 1/8 x 29 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (79.1 x 74.9 x 11.4 cm)
- Signature: Incised at lower right: "B. L. Pratt / 1910"
- Collections: American Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 15.482
- Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt
- Image: Overall, 15.482_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Large square plaque with relief of nude woman dancing. Figure in high relief steps up on proper right foot and twists body with left leg lifted and crossed in front of body. Arms outstretched at sides holding diaphanous scarf behind her. In low relief, two claw-footed decorative tripods holding urn of fire flank figure at sides and oak branches in upper corners. Condition: Good.
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