Believe it or not this fully clothed sculpture of a 14 year-old dancer caused quite a stir back in 1881 when it was shown at the Sixth Impressionist Exhibition. Feathers were ruffled by Degas’ subject of an adolescent girl on the verge of becoming a woman but the earth really shook by his use of unconventional materials — including real human hair! And you probably thought he was just a nice placid impressionist painter… the mind of a true artist will surprise and challenge you!
“Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen,” executed in wax 1878–81 and cast in bronze after 1922, by Edgar Degas.
You can view this sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. USA. Gallery 152, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Annenberg Galleries; Toll Gallery)
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