Russian Dancer (1925): Art, History and Details

Russian Dancer (1925) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Alexander Blazys (American, born Russian Empire [now Lithuania], 1894–1963).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

A Lithuanian immigrant, Alexander Blazys introduced modernist sculpture to Cleveland upon his arrival in 1925. Russian Dancer was one of the works that established his reputation as "the sculptor of rhythms."

Object facts

• Title: Russian Dancer
• Date: 1925
• Creator attribution: Alexander Blazys (American, born Russian Empire [now Lithuania], 1894–1963)
• Culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: bronze
• Dimensions: Overall: 26.1 x 29.2 x 12.8 cm (10 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.)
• Collection: American - Sculpture
• Department: American Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1926.1547

A detail from the museum

Alexander Blazys trained at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Collection credit

Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Alexander Blazys Entry Card to 1926 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
• Clark, Edna Maria. Ohio Art and Artists. Richmond, VA: Garrett and Massie, 1975.
• Hoffman, Jay, Dee Driscole, and Mary Clare Zahler. A Study in Regional Taste: The May Show, 1919-1975. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977.

View the collection record

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