Highlights
Table lamp in the guise of the dancer Loïe Fuller
- Artist
- François Raoul Larche
- Locality
- Paris, foundry Siot-Decauville
- Date
- 1900
- Material
- Bronze, gilded
- Dimensions
- H. 45.4 cm
- Location
- not exhibited
- Inventory Number
- SW 81
- Acquisition
- Acquired with the collection of Prof. Dr. Siegfried Wichmann, Starnberg, in 1983
- Epoch
- Jugendstil
- Categories
- Sculpture
Description
With this table lamp, French Art Nouveau sculptor François Raoul Larche created a spectacular monument to the American Loïe Fuller (1862-1928). In the 1890s, Fuller rose to become one of the most celebrated dancers in Paris and a pioneer of modern dance. Her Serpentine Dance with swirling veils and novel electric lighting effects inspired many artists during her time. The gilded bronze statuette translates her performance into a frenetic flow of movement, illuminated by electric light fixture as in her actual performance. This was screwed in above her head underneath the rearing draperies.
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