Affortunato Gori
Oriental Dancer , 1900 (Executed)
Lot #63 |
2022-12-09 |
Sotheby's, London
19th & 20th Century Sculpture
Category:
Sculpture
Estimate:
GBP 15,000 - 20,000 (currency of sale)
USD 18,555 - 24,740 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L22232
Auction name: 19th & 20th Century Sculpture
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2022-12-09
End date: 2022-12-14
Currency: GBP
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Genre: 20th Century Sculpture Art
Department: Sculpture & 3D Art
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Year notes: Executed in the 20th century.
Exhibited
his work at the Paris Salon several times between 1904 to 1923, gaining a large following.
Catalog summary
Affortunato Gori Italian active 1895 - 1925 Oriental Dancer signed: A. Gory white marble and gilt bronze 93cm., 36⅝in. Catalogue note This lively dancer is the best-known of Affortunato Gori's figures. A practitioner of chryselephantine sculpture, Gori revelled in the contrasts of different materials, brought together to add vibrancy to his subject. Here the cool white marble of the girl's skin is set off against the glittering, fluttering drapery in gilt bronze. The vogue for Oriental Dancers was at its height in the first part of the 20th century. It has been suggested that Gori's figure may have been inspired by the internationally famous dancer Maud Allan in her role as Oscar Wilde's Salome , originally performed in 1906. The costume, which the dancer designed herself, is certainly closely comparable. The Florentine sculptor Affortunato Gori was a pupil of Augusto Rivalta. At the beginning of the 20th century he emigrated to Paris and exhibited his work at the Paris Salon several times between 1904 to 1923, gaining a large following.