Dancer looking at her sole, Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas, portraitEdgar DegasFrench, 1834–1917

Dancer looking at her sole

Sculpture

May one see it?

Unknown

Nationalmuseum

Stockholm, Sweden

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
Source
The museum

About the sculpture

Degas never released these sculptures during his lifetime. They were sketches, working models, orignally made in less durable materials such as wax, plaster and clay. Degas had not dated or signed the sculptures. Over 150 sculptures were found in his studio after his death in 1917, and almost all had started to decay. Degas’s heirs therefore decided to allow 72 of the scuptures to be cast in bronze in several editions.

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Particulars

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Sources

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