Terms and conditions of use
Loïe Fuller, the dancer, lighted sculpture
(c. 1900)
Medium
gilt-bronze, electrical wiring, other materials
Measurements
33.0 × 18.0 × 15.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2016
Gallery location
Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
François-Raoul Larche was a prominent French sculptor of the Art Nouveau period. Alongside his public commissions, Larche produced small-scale editioned works, primarily in bronze and pewter, including a wide variety of statuettes and objets d’art such as vases, ashtrays and lamps. His statuettes of the avant-garde dancer Loïe Fuller are the most famous of all his editioned works; Fuller’s swirling drapery epitomising the exotic, sensuous woman of the period. These statuettes were produced at the peak of Larche’s career and at that moment when the Art Nouveau style came to worldwide attention through the 1900 Paris International Exhibition.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Accession Number
2016.455
Department
International Decorative Arts