Hugo Lederer
Anna Pavlova Feeding a Deer
1928
Bronze
Karl H. Knauf Collection, Berlin
The Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881–1931) was a member of the famous Ballets Russes and an international star. She had been friends with the sculptor Hugo Lederer (1871–1940) since the 1920s. She worked briefly in his studio and, under his guidance, created two portrait statuettes of herself, which were made in ceramic. Lederer himself portrayed the dancer in a genre scene that paid homage to Pavlova’s famous pointe work in an unusual pose.