Claire Jeanne R. Colinet

measurements note 25 x 12 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (63.5 x 31.1 x 17.1 cm) ca. 1928 bronze signed Cl.J.R. Colinet and stamped 43 cold-painted and patinated bronze; carved and tinted ivory; on an onyx base edited by Etling, Paris Victor Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture , London, 1992, p. 76 Sotheby's, A Private Collection of Art Deco Chryselephantine Sculpture , New York, 1995, no. 16 PROVENANCE Frederic M. Babbish Estate, New York, 1988 EXHIBITED A Private Collection of Art Deco Chryselephantine Sculpture , Sotheby's, New York, July 17-August 25, 1995 LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures , Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1978, p. 118 CATALOGUE NOTE The present model is the most ambitious and highly realized figure from Colinet's series on dancers of the world. While her costume is not specifically indicative of the Ottoman Empire, it boldly captures western fantasies of the exotic and forbidding decadence of the near east.

ANKARA DANCER SCULPTURE, CIRCA 1930
CLAIRE-JEANNE-ROBERTE COLINET
Add. Notes: cold-painted bronze and ivory, on marble plinth 25 in. (63.5 cm.) high signed in the maquette CI. JR. Colinet, stamped MADE IN FRANCE and 27 Literature
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Literature: Victor Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 76 See also: Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, Woodbridge, 1978, p. 118 and F.M. Ricci (ed.), Isadora Duncan, Paris, 1979, pp. 88-89

CLAIRE-JEANNE-ROBERT COLINET FRENCH 19TH/20TH CENTURY ORIENTALIST DANCER marble height 63 1/4 in. 160.7cm. Colinet studied sculpture in Brussels under the tutelage of Jef Lambeaux. A member of the Salon des Artistes Francais, she frequently exhibited beginning in 1913, receiving an honorable mention the following year. In addition, she figured prominently at the Salon des Artistes Independants. Colinet's specialty expressed itself in her masterful execution of monumental sculpture. Her subject matter consistently evoked the grace and eroticism of exotic dance, while paying meticulous attention to the dancer's accoutrements. This sculpture is sexy. The supple carving produces a dizzying effect, as the viewer becomes entranced with the illusion of graceful balance. Particular finesse can be found in the manipulation of the dancer's nuanced hands, which respond expressively and energetically to movement. Additionally, the dancer's animated and direct gaze engages the viewer's attention, and the sculptor brilliantly captures the exuberance of dance.