Danseuse Aux Lances

Fernand Ouillon-Carrère Danseuse Aux Lances depicts a naked young woman, her arms outstretched and hair in coiled plaits, dancing between three lance heads at her feet Gilt Bronze on a variegated marble base Signed F Ouillon-Carrère and dated 1919 within the casting Fernand Ouillon- Carrère (French, early 20th C) created many figural statuettes and figurines in the Art Deco era between 1910-1939. His most famous and successful work was Danseuse aux Lances, also known as Spear Dancer or Sword Dancer. Danseuse Aux Lances was exhibited at the 1919 Paris Salon, and a similar version appears in "Art Deco and Other Figures" by Brian Catley.