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Bronze. Figure of a girl ballet dancer. Tulle skirt.

Provenance

Possibly Jeanne Févre, Nice, France [see note 1]. 1938, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York; 1938, sold by Harriman Gallery to the MFA for $3400. (Accession Date: December 8, 1938)



NOTES:

[1] Mlle. Févre was Degas's niece; this information comes from notes in the MFA curatorial file but has not been verified.

Credit Line

Frederick Brown Fund and Contributions from William Claflin and William Emerson

Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer

  • La petite danseuse de quatorze ans
  • French, original model 1878–81, cast after 1921
  • Edgar Degas, French, 1834–1917
France
Dimensions
Total height: 103.7 cm; Height of Figure: 98 cm; Height of base: 5.7 cm; width of base 45.5 cm; depth of base: 46.5 cm
Medium or Technique
Bronze, gauze and satin
Classification
Sculpture
Accession Number
38.1756
On view
Sidney and Esther Rabb Gallery (Europe, 1870–1900 / Impressionism) - 255

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