Dancing Girl
Artist
Thomas Crawford
(American, 1814 - 1857)
CultureAmerican
Date1855
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 42 5/8 x 14 x 16 1/4 in. (108.3 x 35.6 x 41.3 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated on the base: "T. Crawford. Fecit. / Romae. 1855."
Credit LineGift of James H. Ricau and Museum purchase
Object number86.464
Not on view
DescriptionMarble statue of a young girl dancing while holding up her skirt.Label TextThomas Crawford American, ca. 1813–1857 Dancing Girl, 1855 Marble Gift of James H. Ricau and Museum purchase 86.464ProvenanceLouis Joseph, Boston; James H. Ricau, Piermont, N.Y., Sept. 1954; Gift of James H. Ricau and Chrysler Museum Purchase, 1986. Exhibition HistoryFountain Elms, Utica, New York, Oct. 1960 - July 1962. "Classical America, 1815-1845," The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, Apr. 26 - Sept. 2, 1963. (Exhib. cat. no. 237, p. 203 as DAUGHTER OF THE ARTIST). "The Ricau Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., February 26 - April 23, 1989. Published ReferencesThomas Crawford. "Mr. Crawford's Works," _Literary World_. 03/02/1850: p. 207. Richard B.K. McLanathan. "History in Houses, Fountain Elms in Utica, N.Y.," _Antiques_. 79. 04/1961: p. 358, ill. Robert Gale. _Thomas Crawfod: American Sculptor_. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1964: p. 196, no. 18. William H. Gerdts. "American Sculpture: The Collection of James H. Ricau," _Antiques_. 86. 09/1964: pp. 292,294, 298, ill. William H. Gerdts. _American Neo-Classic Sculpture: The Marble Resurrection_. New York. 1973: pp. 82, 83, fig. 60. Lauretta Dimmick. "A Catalogue of the Portrait Busts and Ideal Works of Thomas Crawford (1813?-1857), American Sculptor in Rome." _Ph.D Dissertation_. University of Pittsburgh. 1986: pp. 41, 302, 376-387. Roger D. Clisby. "Ricau Exhibition: America in Classic Garb," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 02/1989: pp. 1-2 Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum. 1991: p. 101. H. Nichols B. Clark. _A Marble Quarry: The James H. Ricau Collection of Sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art_. NY: Hudson Hills Press, Inc. 1997: pp. 150-153. * See for further references. H. Nichols B. Clark, "Pairs of sculptures collected by James Ricau," _The Magazine Antiques_. November 1997, pp. 700-705.
