12.75 Inches High x 6.75 Inches Wide x 4.5 Inches Deep

The dancer's garments blow around her wildly, while her hands are crossed at her chest. Next to her right foot is a seashell, and behind her are rocks. According to the Chrysler Museum of Art, this sculpture depicts American actress and dancer Loïe Fuller (1862-1928). The Museum's sculpture was made in pâte de verre by French glass artist Amalric Walter (1870-1959). The piece may be based on one by another artist, as Walter often worked with artists to create pâte de verre versions of their sculptures. However, the signature or markings on the base of our antique cast are illegible and no references to this work, besides the Chrysler Museum records, appear to exist. Walter created the piece around 1920. Our predecessors, P.P. Caproni and Brother, first offered casts of this work in their 1922 catalog, identifying it only as a Tanagra figurine which is from a group of figurines found in excavating the ancient City of Tanagra in Greece.

Artist: Unknown

Museum/Location: Unknown

Time Period: Modern

1922 Catalog ID # - 1570

Sources and Further Reading:

Borga, Franco. "Amalric Walter (Sèvres 1870 – Lury-sur-Arnon 1959)." Arte Ricerca, .

Catania, Giorgio. "Amalric Walter (Sèvres 1870 – Lury-sur-Arnon 1959)." Arte Ricerca, .

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Loie Fuller." Encyclopædia Britannica, .

Frantz, Susanne K. Particle Theories: International Pâte de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations. Millville, N.J., Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, 2005.

"'Loïe Fuller' Statuette." Chrysler Museum of Art, .

Sato-Pijanowski, Hiroko. Le Beau: Carpe Diem. Tokyo, Masao Nozaki (Koyosha Printing Company Ltd.), 2002.