The Dancer, 1916
Bronze
12x3x7 inches

Borglum wrote of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin: "in the presence of the work of Auguste Rodin, I am always reminded of Ruskin's declaration, that when we stand before a great work of art we are conscious that we are in the presence... of a great power... he is a force in modern sculpture to be reckoned with."

Harvard professor Chandler Rathfon Post wrote in turn of Borglum: "Gutzon is probably... the most gifted American exponent of the style of Rodin." Rodin's style was characterized by its realism, impressionist surface treatment and idealization of the female form.