Agathon Léonard "Danseuse Tambourin à Droite" Bisque Ceramic Sculpture
Titled "La danse du tambourin, tête penchée à droite" ("Tambourine dance, head leaning to the right"), from the artist's series "Le jeu d'écharpe," this French Art Nouveau bisque ceramic sculpture by the great master Agathon Léonard hearkens back to the Renaissance sculptors of lore, who turned marble into flesh and fabric, just as Léonard does here with ceramic. Featuring a woman draped in stunningly rendered, rich cloth dress who holds a tambourine high above her head, her face turned away from the viewer as we catch her mid-motion, about to turn dramatically over her left shoulder.
Item #: S-13307
Artist: Agathon Léonard
Circa: 1900s
Dimensions: 20" height, 5.75" diameter
Materials: Bisque ceramic
Signed: "Sevres" and "No. 4"
Literature: Similar ceramic figural sculpture is pictured in Dynamic Beauty: Sculpture of Art Nouveau Paris, by Macklowe Gallery, The Studley Press, 2011, p. 187; Similar ceramic figural sculpture also pictured in Agathon Léonard: Le geste Art Nouveau, by Ingelore Böstge, Paris: Somogy editions d'art, 2003, p. 51, cat. no. 12
Item #: S-13307
Artist: Agathon Léonard
Circa: 1900s
Dimensions: 20" height, 5.75" diameter
Materials: Bisque ceramic
Signed: "Sevres" and "No. 4"
Literature: Similar ceramic figural sculpture is pictured in Dynamic Beauty: Sculpture of Art Nouveau Paris, by Macklowe Gallery, The Studley Press, 2011, p. 187; Similar ceramic figural sculpture also pictured in Agathon Léonard: Le geste Art Nouveau, by Ingelore Böstge, Paris: Somogy editions d'art, 2003, p. 51, cat. no. 12
