Dancer
- Depicted
- Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian, 1890–1950
- Date
- 1913–19, cast c.1919–22
- Material
- Bronze
- Classification
- Metalwork, sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 25 x 15 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (63.5 x 39.4 x 21.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 340:1955
Provenance
- 1955
Fine Arts Associates (Otto Gerson), New York, NY, USA [1]
1955 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Fine Arts Associates [2]
Notes:
[1] It is not known when, or from whom Gerson acquired this cast. However, according to a letter dated January 15, 1957 from Gerson to the Kolbe Museum in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany, Gerson acquired a number of Kolbe bronzes for his gallery through Alex Voemel (an art dealer in Düsseldorf, Germany), as well as various private sources in the United States [Otto and Ilse Gerson papers, 1933-1980, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; photocopy, SLAM document files]. This cast was included in a 1955 show at Fine Arts Associates ["Rodin to Lipchitz." New York: Fine Arts Associates, October 25 - November 30, 1955, cat. 14].
[2] Invoice from Fine Arts Associates dated December 20, 1955 and correspondence between the Museum and Otto Gerson [invoice; letters dated November 17, December 9 and December 15, 1955, SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 8, 1955 and January 5, 1956.
Fine Arts Associates (Otto Gerson), New York, NY, USA [1]
1955 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Fine Arts Associates [2]
Notes:
[1] It is not known when, or from whom Gerson acquired this cast. However, according to a letter dated January 15, 1957 from Gerson to the Kolbe Museum in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany, Gerson acquired a number of Kolbe bronzes for his gallery through Alex Voemel (an art dealer in Düsseldorf, Germany), as well as various private sources in the United States [Otto and Ilse Gerson papers, 1933-1980, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; photocopy, SLAM document files]. This cast was included in a 1955 show at Fine Arts Associates ["Rodin to Lipchitz." New York: Fine Arts Associates, October 25 - November 30, 1955, cat. 14].
[2] Invoice from Fine Arts Associates dated December 20, 1955 and correspondence between the Museum and Otto Gerson [invoice; letters dated November 17, December 9 and December 15, 1955, SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 8, 1955 and January 5, 1956.
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