Tambourine Dancer I
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French, 1841 - 1919. Modeled by Louis Morelunder Renoir's supervision. Bronze cast by the foundry C. Valsuani.
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
Modeled in plaster c. 1918-1919; cast in bronze c. 1918Medium:
BronzeDimensions:
24 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (62.2 x 44.5 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
1963-181-101Credit Line:
The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963
Made in France, Europe
Date:
Modeled in plaster c. 1918-1919; cast in bronze c. 1918Medium:
BronzeDimensions:
24 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (62.2 x 44.5 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 162, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Vogt Gallery)
Accession Number:1963-181-101Credit Line:
The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963
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At the end of his life, Renoir returned to sculpture, entrusting the modeling to Louis Fernand Morel, a promising young sculptor. The two artists made three reliefs together that they later cast in terracotta and bronze. The motifs of dancers and musicians evoke the carefree spirit of mythic antiquity that Renoir had long admired in the Roman frescoes of Pompeii.
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