Western European Sculpture

Dancer in a bathing suit

    Dancer in a bathing suit

    Germany, Berlin

    Circa 1930

    Preiss Ferdinand

    Bronze, ivory, onyx (base); casting, colored patination, ivory carving

    Circa 1930

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    Balancing on one leg, the dancer raises one knee high and throws up her arms as if briefly frozen in a complex movement. A small ornamented bronze bathing suit emphasizes the modeling of the pale ivory figure. The long lines of the arms and supporting leg make the silhouette especially elongated, while the tall banded-onyx base heightens the impression of verticality.

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