Cleveland Museum of Art

Dancer and Gazelles

Paul Manship

Date

1916

Medium

bronze

Culture

America

Department

American Painting and Sculpture

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

One of Manship’s most popular compositions, this work established his reputation as an important up-and-coming sculptor. Here, his mastery of elegant silhouette is manifest through the gracefully posed dancer and her sleek animal companions. Stylized decorative patterning embellishes the dancer’s hair and swaying skirt. Initially interested in painting, Manship opted to pursue sculpture after discovering he had color vision deficiency.

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