Charger
It has been suggested that the female figure on this large plate depicts Loie Fuller, the celebrated American dancer who achieved fame in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century. The low-relief modeling of the figure and the shimmering iridescence of the luster glaze effectively suggest Fuller's well-known "Fire Dance", in which swirling drapery and colored lights were the only props.
Artwork Details
- Title: Charger
- Designer: Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (French, Algiers 1865–1953 Le Vésinet)
- Maker: Clément Massier (French, Vallauris 1844–1917 Golfe-Juan)
- Date: 1901
- Culture: French, Golfe-Juan
- Medium: Stoneware
- Dimensions: Diameter: 19 in. (48.3 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, and Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, Gifts of Charlotte C. Weber, George Coe Graves, Bernard M. Baruch, and Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, 2002
- Object Number: 2002.56
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
Clément Massier
ca. 1893–95
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1910–14
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1910–14
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1910–14
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1910–14
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