Dancing Figure
Elie Nadelman
American Art
On View:
MEDIUM
Bronze with stone base
DATES
ca. 1916–1918
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
ACCESSION NUMBER
38.693
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Sam Lewisohn
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Stylized figure of dancer in pose: head turned over proper right shoulder, arms raised at left side of head, kneels on left knee with right leg bent out in front; wears skirt tied at waist with ribbon and short boots or socks; figure is nude above waist; curly hair tied up with ribbon; supported on rectangular black stone base.
Condition: Good, few chips around edges of base.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Elie Nadelman (American, 1882–1946). Dancing Figure, ca. 1916–1918. Bronze with stone base, Height: 29 7/8 in. (75.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sam Lewisohn, 38.693. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.693_acetate_bw.jpg)
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