Danseuse, arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, bras gauche en avant, deuxième étude: M.6-1990

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Danseuse, arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, bras gauche en avant, deuxième étude
Translated as: (Arabesque over the right leg, left arm in front, second study)
(Arabesque over the right leg, left arm in front, second study)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Degas, Edgar

Entities

Figure

Description

Red-brown wax, with wire armature which projects as fingers from the hands, and from the lifted foot; attached to rectangular wooden base. The nude dancer stands in an arabesque on her right leg with her left arm extended in front.

Notes

History note: Degas heirs, 1917; at Adrien. A. Hébrard, Paris; Nelly Hébrard; sold 1955 to M. Knoedler & Co., New York; sold 1956 to Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA.

Legal notes

Given by Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon in honour of Professor Michael Jaffé, Director 1973-1990.

Place(s) associated

Paris ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1990) by Mellon, Paul, Mr and Mrs

Dating

Late 19th Century
Circa 1882 - 1895

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Figure composed of wax ( brown) wire
Base composed of wood (plant material)
Wax Height 20.6 cm Length 27.5 cm
With Base Height 23.5 cm Width 13.7 cm

Techniques used in production

Hand-modelling : Red-brown wax with wire armature, on wooden base

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: signed Degas on wax base

Text: Degas
Location: On base
Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Annual Reports for the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate, Fitzwilliam Museum Trust, and Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the Year ending 31 December 1989
Degas Sculptures page(s): p. 153
A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes page(s): p. 17
Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 169
Degas, Works in Sculpture. A Complete Catalogue page(s): p. 92
Edgar Degas 1834-1917 Original Wax Sculptures
Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes page(s): 148-9

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.6-1990
Primary reference Number: 30438
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_6_1990
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 August 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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