Large Art Deco plastic

Lot 2525 limit € 3.600

Bronze, grey-green age patina, "Dancing nude", female nude in eccentric dance movement standing on a sphere, size and appearance of a rare sculpture, privately owned since the 1930s, easily repairable tear in the back of the calf of the left leg, H approx. 183 cm, 1920s. The figure, masterfully captured in movement, is reminiscent of the free dance that began around 1900, which abolished the formal traditions of ballroom dancing and promoted the natural movements of the body. Dresden became the center of this movement in the 1920s and 30s, led by Mary Wigman and Gret Palucca. Many artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner were enthusiastic about the rhythmic, expressive dance and implemented it in their works. The sculpture on offer indicates that it was made in the early 1920s, both through the originality of the depiction and through the type of "imperfect" modeling of the surface popular with artists in the 1920s and the visible casting seams that deliberately flow into the artwork. The slender physique and the slightly exaggerated arms and hands underline the expressive effect. In order to support the lightness of movement, the dancer touches a fully plastic sphere with the toes of her left leg, whereby the total weight of the life-size sculpture is borne by a bronze hook worked into the back.