Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Awakening and Dancer may have been made to be featured in extravagant gardens. Joseph Renier received many commissions for garden sculptures; in 1928 one of his pieces won an award from the Garden Club of America. In Awakening the figure leans back, one hand on his forehead and the other outstretched, as if caught at the moment of inspiration. In Dancer, Renier applied a rich, gilded finish to emphasize the figure’s curved muscles and graceful pose.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Joseph E. Renier, born Union Hill, NJ 1887-died New York City 1966
- Date
- 1920s
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Renier
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 13 1/4 x 4 x 5 in. (33.6 x 10.2 x 12.7 cm.)
- Type
- Sculpture
