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Dancing Nymph

Olin Levi Warner

American Art

MEDIUM Marble
DATES 1881
DIMENSIONS 37 x 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (94 x 34.9 x 29.8 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Incised along edge of base at proper left, in script: "O.L. Warner / 1881."
COLLECTIONS American Art
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
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.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Olin Levi Warner (American, 1844-1896). Dancing Nymph, 1881. Marble, 37 x 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (94 x 34.9 x 29.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Helen Babbott MacDonald, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.852. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.852_bw.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 34.852_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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