A young and pretty woman in an eventful dress, leaning in forward with dynamic attitude, stands barefoot on a tree stump with applied ivy foliage and throws a golden bowling ball, supported on a stepped cylindrical base with golden edging.
In the midst of the Art Nouveau period, this work by German artist Walter SCHOTT (1861-1938) is a demonstration of the eclecticism of Meissen's production, and testifies to the manufacture's ability to reinvent itself by developing new new subjects with regard to its time by following trends as well as artistic movements.
"The woman with the ball or bowling ball": A naturalist, mysterious, active woman and mistress of her destiny, will know how to delight the active women of our time, as an echo of their own claim. She unfolds gracefully, holding her long evanescent dress in one arm, accentuated by the sea-green drape, and a golden ball in the other. The slightly bent legs, the body leaning forward, allow you to contemplate the landscaped sinuosities of its curves. Red hair is a response to orange cheeks and eyebrows. Bare feet and open breast allow a final visual indulgence for the Amateur.
