Arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, le bras gauche en avant: M.36-1982

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, le bras gauche en avant
Translated as: Arabesque over the right leg, left arm in front
(Arabesque over the right leg, left arm in front)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Degas, Edgar (Model)
Foundry: Hébrard, Adrien-A. (Bronze)
Founder: Palazzolo, Albino (Probably)

Entities

Figure

Description

Bronze. The nude dancer stands in arabesque over the right leg, left arm in front. Her supporting foot is within a raised circle in the middle of a square base bearing the artist's signature and caster's mark and number.

Notes

History note: Collection of John McDonnell; purchased by the donor from Roland, Browse & Delbanco, 19 Cork St., London, W.1 in 1949.

Legal notes

Zoe Hadwin Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.3 cm
Height: 20.6 cm
Length: 25.5 cm
Weight: 930 g

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Place(s) associated

Paris ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1982-10-11) by Pleister, E. M. Julia, Miss

Dating

First half of 20th century
Circa 1919 CE - 1937 CE

Note

Weight 930 gr.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

Bronze

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Bronze, cast

Inscription or legends present

Text: Degas
Type: Signature

Text: 14/T
Type: Number

Inscription present: framed within a square

Text: CIRE/PERDUE/A.A.HÉBRARD
Type: Foundry mark

References and bibliographic entries

Degas, Works in Sculpture. A Complete Catalogue page(s): p. 24
A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes page(s): p. 11-48
Degas Sculptures page(s): p. 153
Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Watercolours and Sculpture (Part II), 27th June 1995 page(s): p. 142
Impressionist and Modern Art Part II, 28th November 1995 page(s): p. 21
Impressionist & Modern Art, 11th May 2000 page(s): p. 55
Impressionist & Modern Art, 10th November 2000 page(s): p. 23
Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes page(s): 148-9
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale page(s): 66

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.36-1982
Primary reference Number: 13741
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_36_1982
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 17 August 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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