Dressed dancer, study

DEGAS, Edgar (1834 - 1917)

The model for this bronze was made in 1879-80 as a study for Degas's famous 'Little Fourteen-year-old dancer'. His model was Marie Van Goethen (b. 1864), a Belgian ballet pupil at the Paris Opéra. The first complete version of this statue was made of wax and had real clothes. At the 1881 Impressionist Exhibition, it was described as 'of extraordinary construction and reality'. This study was cast in a bronze edition of 22 in 1919-21. It was purchased by Gwendoline Davies in 1923.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 2457

Creation/Production

DEGAS, Edgar

Date: 1878 ca

Acquisition

Bequest, 10/4/1952

Measurements

Height (cm): 72.4

Width (cm): 34.4

Depth (cm): 26.5

Width (in): 13

Depth (in): 10

h(in) sight size:28 1/2

h(in)

Depth (cm): 30.2

Techniques

bronze

Techniques (sculpture)

Fine Art - sculpture

cast

forming

Applied Art

Material

bronze

Location

Currently on loan

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