Edgar Degas
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer
model executed ca. 1880, cast 192297.8 x 43.8 x 36.5 cm
Bronze, partially tinted, with cotton skirt and satin hair ribbon; wood base
Signature: [burnt into wood of base]: Degas
Marking: [in bronze rectangle let into base]: CIRE / PERDUE / AA HEBRARD / A ; [in bronze seal on left thigh]: CIRE / PERDUE / AA HEBRARD ; [incised in bronze to right of seal on left thigh]: (A)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Provenance
A. A. Hébrard , Paris (in 1922; sold to Havemeyer)
Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer , New York (1922-d. 1929
bequeathed to MMA
Other works by Edgar Degas
Seated Woman Wiping her Left Hip
possibly modeled ca. 1896, cast in 1920
possibly modeled ca. 1896, cast in 1920
The Tub
modeled in 1888-89, cast in 1920
modeled in 1888-89, cast in 1920
Study in the Nude for The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer
modeled ca. 1878-80, cast in 1920
modeled ca. 1878-80, cast in 1920
Dancer Moving Forward, Arms Raised, Right Leg Forward
probably modeled before 1900, cast in 1920
probably modeled before 1900, cast in 1920
Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot
modeled before ca. 1895-1900, cast in 1920 from a plaster cast
modeled before ca. 1895-1900, cast in 1920 from a plaster cast