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Manzu, Giacomo,
Figure female -- Full length
Figure female -- Nude
Performing Arts -- Dance
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Fountain
Sculpture
Passo di Danza, (sculpture).
Artist:
Manzu, Giacomo, 1908-1991, sculptor.
Title:
Passo di Danza, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Step of the Dance, (sculpture).
Dates:
1963.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: bronze.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 120 x 32 x 16 in.; Base: approx. 69 x 59 x 28 in.
Inscription:
(On base near figure's proper right heel:) Manzu/NFMM signed
Description:
A nude figure standing on pointed toes with her hand over her head holding up her hair. The figure stands on a circular base in the center of a square fountain basin.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Figure female -- Nude
Performing Arts -- Dance
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
American Natural Resource Company, One Woodward Avenue, Entrance on Jefferson, Detroit, Michigan 48226
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, One Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226
Remarks:
The figure was modeled after the artist's wife.
References:
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 50.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 51.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 87840006
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