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Little Dancer aged Fourteen
Edgar Degas, 1880–1881
Dressed in muslin tutu, with satin ribbon tied round her hair. The original wax statuette also had the face coloured and wore satin shoes. The only sculpture by Degas exhibited in his lifetime.
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Title of artwork, date
Little Dancer aged Fourteen, 1880–1881
Date supported
1952
Medium and material
Bronze with muslin tutu and satin hair ribbon
Dimensions
99 cm
Grant
6000
Total cost
9076
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