Sculpture "Fourteen-year-old dancer (large)"

We present a replica of the most famous work of Edgar Degas. The sculpture is very large (96cm, 25.3 kg of pure bronze). The original is kept at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Degas Edgar (1834-1917), French painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Degas began sculpting small wax sculptures in the late 1860s, and as his eyesight deteriorated, the artist paid more and more attention to this genre. The themes of Degas' sculptures repeated the themes of his paintings — dancers, bathers, ballerinas. Degas modeled these works for himself, they replaced his sketches. Degas never exhibited any of his sculptures, and only the "Little fourteen-year-old Dancer" was presented to the world. "Little fourteen—year-old Dancer" (fr. Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans) is a sculpture by Edgar Degas, begun by him in 1879 and completed two years later.It is considered one of the most realistic works of modern art. The fourteen—year-old dancer is a real teenager Marie van Getem from a poor family, the middle of three sisters. The girl's father was a tailor, and her mother earned laundry. Before creating the sculpture, the author draws his model in 17 types and eventually puts it in the fourth ballet position. Degas had never done sculpture before and decided to make it out of wax — a soft and fragile material that most realistically conveys all the features that the artist wanted to put into his sculpture.The "Fourteen-year-old dancer" was in the artist's studio all his life. He was repeatedly offered to cast copies in bronze, to which Degas replied: "Leaving behind something cast in bronze is too much responsibility - this material is eternal"According to the London branch of the auction house Sotheby's in 2009, the bronze sculpture of Edgar Degas "Little fourteen-year-old dancer" was sold at auction for 13.3 million pounds. This price is a record sales of the French Impressionist.