Jean René Gauguin, (1881-1961)
Dancer with outstretched leg, 1914. Unclothed, in an expressive pose with outstretched extremities and mouth open in a scream. Bronze, dark patinated. H. 22.3 cm. Plinth inscribed on the side: artist's signet, IX, 11 (embossed). Inscribed on the bottom: M 27-25 NUM BRONCE EXPL.
The figure captures the momentary movement with a strong expressivity and is one of a series of small bronzes depicting dancers and centaurs. The face, without recognizable eyes, is grotesquely distorted, the head is elongated into an oval shape, and the mouth is open. A special feature is the spaciousness.
Danish-French artist Jean-René Gauguin, son of Paul Gauguin and his Danish wife Mette Sophie Gad, had a important career as a sculptor and ceramicist.
Literature: Ausst.-Kat. Jean René Gauguin, Vejen Kunst Museum, Vejen 2002, S. 22.

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