The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
Medal Presented to Loïe Fuller by the French Government: Orpheus at the Entrance to the Underworld (obverse)
Date unknown
Location: Not on view
Description
A temporary theater on the grounds of the 1900 Exposition Universelle was devoted to Loïe Fuller, who by that time had become a cultural icon. The theater’s interior was hung with draperies onto which a kaleidoscope of colors shone from stained glass windows and hidden lamps, evoking the diaphanous veils of her costumes. In the foyer was a gallery of paintings, drawings, and sculpture all depicting the dancer. Coudray’s medal, Orpheus at the Entrance to the Underworld, was struck to commemorate the world’s fair. This example of the famous Art Nouveau medal was engraved as a gift to Loïe Fuller.- Harris, Margaret Haile. Loie Fuller, Magician of Light: A Loan Exhibition at the Virginia Museum, March 12-April 22, 1979. Richmond: The Museum, 1979. cat. #29, p. 55, repr. 54.
- Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Arts, 1979: Loïe Fuller: Magician of Light, cat. #29, p. 55, repr. 54.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1978.116.a