Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, jambe droite en avant, première étude)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This sculpture depicts a young dancer of the Paris Opéra posed in ballet’s fourth position. Edgar Degas made such small-scale studies with wax and other modeling compounds as a means to experiment in three dimensions with the movements and poses he would portray in his paintings. These were private works, not intended for display, but when his heirs found them in his studio after his death, they selected seventy-four of them to cast in bronze in limited editions.
Caption
Edgar Degas Paris, France, 1834–1917, Paris, France. Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, jambe droite en avant, première étude), modeled 1882–1895, cast 1919–1932. Bronze, 17 7/8 × 6 × 9 1/2 in., 9.5 lb. (45.4 × 15.2 × 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers, 70.176.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 70.176.5_SL3.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
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Title
Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, jambe droite en avant, première étude)
Date
modeled 1882–1895, cast 1919–1932
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
17 7/8 × 6 × 9 1/2 in., 9.5 lb. (45.4 × 15.2 × 24.1 cm)
Signatures
On base: "Degas"
Markings
On base"CIRE/PERDUE/A.-A. HÉBRARD/41/J"
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers
Accession Number
70.176.5
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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