The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Dancing Woman in Kneeling Position Enveloped in Drapery

1904

Pierre Roche

(French, 1855–1922)
published by

Les Cents Bibliophiles

France, early 20th Century
gypsograph
John L. Severance Fund 1995.54.m
Location: Not on view

Description

Although best known as a sculptor, Roche was a versatile and prolific artist who worked in many mediums. Loïe Fuller, the pioneer of modern dance who took Paris by storm in 1892, was one of his favorite subjects. He portrayed her in clay, bronze, marble, plaster, and in a series of gypsographs that illustrated an essay by the art critic Roger Marx. The book was described as "a precious monument to Loïe Fuller."
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