Sculpture
Dancer Looking at the Sole of her Right Foot
SculptureMetalworkPortrait
Details
- Author / creator
- Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Object type
- Sculpture
- Date or period
- 1896–97
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 46.4 × 21.6 × 20.3 cm
- Primary material
- Bronze
- Place of origin
- France
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Ashcombe City Council acquisitions budget, 1947
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
Degas produced numerous wax sculptures during his lifetime that were cast in bronze shortly after his death. This late work continues his fascination with dancers and the physical sensation of the human body in motion. Marks made by artist's fingers are visible in the bronze surface.
Materials and technique
Bronze
Signature and marks
Signed on base at left: Degas. Inscribed behind right foot: 67/B.
