Dancer and Gazelles

Paul Manship

1916 · Bronze · Modern and Contemporary Art

The sweeping curves and articulated silhouette of this group make it one of Manship's finest compositions. A graceful seminude dancer is poised on her toes between two gazelles that seem to move in rhythmic counterpoint to the dancer's swirling drapery. The inspiration that Manship derived from Indian art is particularly apparent in this work.

Artist

Paul Manship

Date

1916

Medium

Bronze

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Francis Lathrop Fund, 1959