Jean René Gauguin, Dancer with outstretched leg

Jean René Gauguin, Dancer with outstretched leg 1914 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.