Artist Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, French, 1827-1875
Title
  • Genius of the Dance
Date between 1880 and 1890
Medium bronze
Dimensions Overall: 21 15/16 × 9 1/8 × 8 1/8 inches, 29.1 pounds (55.7 × 23.1 × 20.6 cm, 13.2 kg)
Credit Line Gift of A. Alfred Taubman
Accession Number F1989.46
Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Not On View
Signed Signed above base at right: "JB Carpeaux"
Marks Stamped at back above base: "Propriete Carpeaux" above an imperial eagle cachet
A. Alfred Taubman [1924-2015] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)