The Dancer (Earrings)
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Object Label
Luigi Lucioni and Paul Cadmus probably met as students, and they doubtless shared acquaintances within New York’s circles of gay artists and writers. Lucioni’s likeness of Cadmus celebrated the shared passion of two young moderns for the ideal forms of Italian Renaissance art, particularly the paintings of Piero della Francesca. Within a modern close-up format, he captured a gaze that is at once tentative and mesmerizing.
Caption
Ed Wiener American, 1918–1991. The Dancer (Earrings), ca. 1947. Silver, a & b: 1 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan, 1995.192.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.192.2a-b_PS9.jpg)
Maker
Title
The Dancer (Earrings)
Date
ca. 1947
Medium
Silver
Classification
Dimensions
a & b: 1 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 1.9 cm)
Signatures
not signed
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
on reverse of each earing: ED WEINER/STERLING
Credit Line
Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan
Accession Number
1995.192.2a-b
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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