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Lot Essay
Cf: Victor Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, pp. 184-185
See also: Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, Woodbridge, 1978, p. 252 and F.M. Ricci (ed.), Isadora Duncan, Paris, 1979, pp. 72-73
The classical appearance of this figure attests to new developments in dance in the early twentieth century, in particular the impact of Isadora Duncan's methods whose focus on freedom of movement with a deliberate return to flowing classical dress revolutionised the modern dance movement.
Also known as Invocation, Spring Awakening was marketed in the 1930s in London by the Phillips & MacConnal Gallery of Fine Arts at 16 Conduit Street where it was sold for 21 guineas.
See also: Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, Woodbridge, 1978, p. 252 and F.M. Ricci (ed.), Isadora Duncan, Paris, 1979, pp. 72-73
The classical appearance of this figure attests to new developments in dance in the early twentieth century, in particular the impact of Isadora Duncan's methods whose focus on freedom of movement with a deliberate return to flowing classical dress revolutionised the modern dance movement.
Also known as Invocation, Spring Awakening was marketed in the 1930s in London by the Phillips & MacConnal Gallery of Fine Arts at 16 Conduit Street where it was sold for 21 guineas.