Dancing Doll

c. 1940

Selma Sandler

Associated Names
Selma Sandler

Artist, American, 1917 - 2005

The sculpture portrays a stylized human figure standing upright, with elongated arms and legs, a distinct head with facial features. The figure is dark-colored and attached to a flat brown platform, part of a larger base structure with a string or wire mechanism. The base is a mix of brown and green tones, suggesting wood and possibly other materials. The sculpture's appearance implies it is an automaton or mechanical figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.4 x 27.5 cm (14 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 10 5/8" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15631

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 622, no. 2210.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: S.SANDLER

Wikidata ID

Q64630721

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