"Danseuse au Tambourin"

A French Art Nouveau gilt bronze sculpture, "Danseuse au Tambourin" by, Agathon Léonard of a Dancer playing the tambourine. The sculpture is signed, "A. Léonard Sclp" and further impressed with the "Susse Fréres" foundry mark.

Provenance:
Private Collection - Florida

Notes:
Originally part of a set of 15 female figures playing music and dancing, called "Jeu l'Echarpe," inspired by Loïe Fuller's famous scarf dances.Provenance:

References:
The identical model is photographed in: 
The Paris Salons v. IV Sculpture and Metalwork by Alastair Duncan, p.394.
Agathon Léonard Le geste Art Nouveau by, Ingelore Böstge and Emmanuelle Héran ©2003 page 64 cat. 38, 54, 42, 52.