Colinet, Claire Roberte Jeanne (1880 Brussels - 1950 Asnières-sur-Seine)

Lot 2507 limit € 6.500

Bronze, gold patina, half-length nude of an oriental dancer caught in an exciting pose, the head decorated with a headdress turned far to the right and both arms supported on the hips, flat base plate with artist's inscription, set on a square onyx marble base in a light color scheme (min. scratches on the back) , overall good condition, total height approx. 54 cm, probably around 1920; Student of Jef Lambeaux, active in Paris from 1910, 1913 first exhibition ibid., her work is characterized by exoticism, in which female dancers in complicated dance poses represent a recurring motif