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Small Nijinsky hare
FLANAGAN, Barry
(Artist)
This long-limbed hare elegantly mimics a classic ballet pose by standing en pointe on its right leg with its knee bent and the left leg bent and raised in front. The Irish-Welsh sculptor Barry Flanagan started sculpting hares in the late 1970s, moving away from conceptual art and towards figuration. This work is modelled after the ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, a celebrated member of the Ballet Russes who was renowned for his gravity-defying leaps. The heavy and static material of bronze has become full of life, lightness and movement.
Image: © Estate of Barry Flanagan. All Rights Reserved 2025/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2363
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Purchase, 4/3/1993
Measurements
Height
(cm): 57.1
Width
(cm): 25.2 (from edge of bent left foot to top of right ear)
Depth
(cm): 39.6 (from tip of outstretched paw to elbow)
Height
(in): 22 1/2
Width
(in): 9 15/16
Depth
(in): 15 9/16
Material
Bronze
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