Figure (from "The Scarf Dance") (Primary Title)
La Cothurne (Alternate Title)

Agathon Leonard, French, 1841 - 1923 (Artist)
Susse Frères, French (Paris), founded 1832 (Founder)

ca. 1900
French
bronze, gilding
Overall: 21 × 10 × 7 in. (53.34 × 25.4 × 17.78 cm)
72.5.3
Signed on reverse: A Leonard/Sclp/SUSSE FRERES EDITEURS PARIS/M (in circle)
Sydney and Frances Lewis Art Nouveau Fund
Similar piece was displayed at the World's Fair, Paris, 1900;

"Art Nouveau," VMFA, Nov 22 - Dec 26, 1971;

"Art Nouveau," Artmobile exhibit, VMFA, Sept 1972-May 1975;

Keramic Studio, July 1903, p. 57;

NataliaKasakiewitsch, "Geschenke fur Kaiser Nikolaj II," Keramos, no. 162, vol. 98, p. 83, fig. 14;

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