About the Artwork
Genius of Dance
ca. 1869
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
1827-1875
French
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 40 1/8 × 18 1/2 × 20 3/4 inches (101.9 × 47 × 52.7 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper in memory of Mrs. Herman A. (Evelyn) August
1992.223
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Markings
Signed, on top front of base: J. B. Carpeaux
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Foundry mark, on figure's supporting element: PROPRIETE CARPEAUX [small eagle cachet]
Provenance
(H. Peter Finlay, Inc., New York, New York, USA)
Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper Collection
1992-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The Romantics to Rodin. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art and George Braziller, Inc. Los Angeles and New York, 1980, 153, 155 (ill.), no. 40.
The Influence of Paris: European and American Sculpture 1830-1930. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1981, no. 9 (ill.).
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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, Genius of Dance, ca. 1869, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper in memory of Mrs. Herman A. (Evelyn) August, 1992.223.
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