High quality reproduction of the famous statue 'Little Dancer of Fourteen Years' by Edgar Degas, for a gift or a souvenir of Paris. The Little Dancer of Fourteen Years is a c. 1881 sculpture by Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) of a young student of the Paris Opera Ballet dance school named Marie van Goethem. The sculpture is two-thirds life size and was originally sculpted in wax, an unusual choice of medium for the time. It is dressed in a real bodice, tutu and ballet slippers and has a wig of real hair. All but a hair ribbon and the tutu are covered in wax. The 28 bronze repetitions that appear in museums and galleries around the world today were cast after Degas's death. The tutus worn by the bronzes vary from museum to museum. The original wax sculpture was acquired by Paul Mellon in 1956. Beginning in 1985, Mr and Mrs Mellon gave the National Gallery of Art 49 Degas waxes, 10 bronzes and 2 plasters, the largest group of original Degas sculptures. Little Dancer was among the bequests. Versions are also kept by the Orsay Museum in Paris and by the M.T. Abraham Center for the Visual Arts Foundation, and at times loaned out to other institutions. Pattern: 'The Little Dancer of Fourteen Years', statue by Degas with the name engraved on the base. Material: 100% solid resin treated in patinated wax style. Color: Brown. Dimensions: H15 x L6.7 x P6.7 cm - H5.9" x W2.6" x L2.6".
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