id:			111542
accession number:	1930.118
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.118
updated:		2019-01-21 23:57:06.355000

Nautch Dancer, 1930. Waylande Gregory (American, 1905-1971), Cowan Pottery Studio (American, 1921-31). Ceramic; overall: 44.2 x 21.3 x 12.1 cm (17 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1930.118

title:				Nautch Dancer
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creation date:			1930
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1930
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland School, 20th century
technique:	ceramic
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Waylande Gregory (American, 1905-1971)  - sculptor

* Cowan Pottery Studio (American, 1921-31)  - made at
R. Guy Cowan head of firm. Earlier and more commonly called Cowan Pottery.
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measurements: Overall: 44.2 x 21.3 x 12.1 cm (17 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	left side of base: "Waylande Gregory"; on back of base: "COWAN."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940
	opening date:   1989-06-28T04:00:00
	<i>Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 28-September 10, 1989).

	title:		Craft in the Machine Age:  European Influences on American Modernism, 1920-1945
	opening date:   1995-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>Craft in the Machine Age:  European Influences on American Modernism, 1920-1945</i>. American Craft Museum (organizer) (October 19, 1995-February 25, 1996); Fort Wayne Museum of Art (September 7-November 3, 1996); Akron Art Museum (January 25-March 30, 1997); Milwaukee Art Museum (June 15-August 15, 1997); Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (September 1-November 30, 1997).

	title:		Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age
	opening date:   2004-03-28T00:00:00
	<i>Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 28-July 18, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 28 - July 18, 2004. "Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age", no exhibition catalogue.

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
Gregory sculpted human and animal figures in
eclectic styles ranging from realistic to highly
stylized, as seen in this ceramic sculpture. It depicts
Gilda Gray, a dancer notorious for her “bodyshaking…
wicked torso movements” performed to
jazz or blues music. In the 1925 Ziegfield Follies,
Gray added exotic South Seas dances to her
repertoire, including the “nautch dance,” named
after the nautch—a traditional, East Indian,
form-fitting, pleated dress—she wore during the
performance. Although Gray refused the sculptor’s
request for a personal modeling session, she did
provide him with an on-stage seat in the wings,
from which he carefully studied her movements
during several performances in Cleveland.
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