Bronze Lighted Figural Sculpture of Leo Laporte-Blairsy’s ‘Vestal Virgin’

Famed American dancer and icon of the 1900s, Loïe Fuller, is featured performing her dance of veils in “Vestal Virgin,” a gilt bronze lighted sculpture by Leo Laporte-Blairsy. Her costume flows with her motion, most notably at her waist, where she catches wind with the fabric in her hands. This sculpture element is where the lightbulb is located; light pours up and down from the fabric’s motion, and Fuller’s face is cast in the glowing golden rays. This spectacular moment of light and movement is featured on a marble pedestal.