Dawn

Gustave-Joseph Chéret

Cleveland Museum of Art

The statue depicts a woman wearing a cloth wrapped around her body; she has her right hand on her head, and her left is on her side. The woman is bronze and stands on a rounded base. She is surrounded by five small children climbing on and around her. The children are all naked. Four of them are on her right side; one has their arms raised over their head. The fifth child is on her left side facing down. The background of the image is gray with a white circle behind the statue. The statue is Dawn by Gustave-Joseph Chéret.