Pavlova

Lenz, Alfred David (1872-1926)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
1916
Height:
20.3 cm  (8 in.)
Width:
5.7 cm  (2 1/4 in.)
Depth:
5.7 cm  (2 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
bronze

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    American paintings and sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 20.17]Signed and dated: Lenz/1916, NY.

Description

Portrait statuette of the Russian dancer Anna Pavlova (1885-1931) as The Dragonfly. The drapery is arranged in order to support the figure in mid-air. Anna Pavlova introduced a solo dance entitled "The Dragonfly" on February 2, 1915. The choreography was by herself to the violin music of Fritz Kreisler's "Schön Rosmarin."

People as subjects

Pavlova, Anna (1881-1931) (Dancer)

Musical works

Kreisler, Fritz -- Schön Rosmarin

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3690