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Loie Fuller 9
- Artist
- Agathon Leonard
- Photographer
- Gavin Ashworth
- Date of Work
- 1902
- Medium
- Photograph
- Type
- Sculpture
- Credit
- Photographed by Gavin Ashworth for the White House Historical Association
Loie Fuller 9
One of Six bisque figurines designed by French sculptor Agathon Leonard and gifted to President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Edith Roosevelt. The sculptures are based on the modern dances of Illinois native, Loie Fuller.
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