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Female Dancer, Elie Nadelman, c. 1920
Elie Nadelman, portraitElie NadelmanAmerican, 1882–1946

Female Dancer

c. 1920 · Sculpture

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Where is “Female Dancer” now? Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 264, Chicago. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

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Chicago, United States

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About the sculpture

“Is Nadelman serious?” asked a writer for the New York World in 1919. “Are these things art, or only insolence?” This indignation was sparked by Elie Nadelman’s choice to depict people in contemporary clothing rather than the classical drapery used by most sculptors at the time. Here, the woman’s short dress and high heels evoke modern city life during the Roaring Twenties with whimsy and charm.

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Accession number
2016.100

What it shows

PeoplePortrait

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SculptureBronzeModernism20th centuryUnited States

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