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James PRADIER (1790-1852) Nude dancer with calabashes Model...

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James PRADIER (1790-1852) Nude dancer with calabashes Model created in 1837. Bronze with light brown patina. Signed Pradier on the terrace. H.46 cm RELATED LITERATURE : Claude Lapaire, James Pradier et la sculpture française de la génération romantique, catalogue raisonné, Paris, Edition SIK-ISEA, 2010, model listed under n°112, p. 285 The model of the Dancer with Calabashes was made between 1837 and 1840 by James Pradier. The success of this exotic subject with the Parisian public explains why the work was cast for different publishers. A drapery of modesty covering the nudity of the dancer is added on certain editions.