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Mid-Morning Open Thread [Y-not]![]() Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878-1881 (pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton faille bodice, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers, on wooden base) Read about the work here: Now adored, this original wax version of Edgar Degas' Little Dancer Aged Fourteen was reviled by most critics when it was shown at the 1881 impressionist exhibition in Paris. Art critic Elie de Mont was flabbergasted: "I don't ask that art should always be elegant, but I don't believe that its role is to champion the cause of ugliness." The diminutive figure, the only sculpture Degas exhibited publicly, was described variously as "repulsive," "vicious," and "a threat to society." Modeled in colored wax and adorned with real hair and a fabric costume, Little Dancer decisively broke with 19th-century academic practice by introducing unusual mixed materials and frankly representing a provocative modern subject; Degas added to the controversy by exhibiting it like an anthropological specimen in a glass vitrine. More here: According to his dealer, Joseph Durand-Ruel, Degas created sculptures for more than 40 years. Yet the artist rarely mentioned these works in his notebooks or correspondence, and most of the other relevant documentary sources are posthumous or secondhand. Acknowledging this gap, the National Gallery catalogue compiles a broad new range of physical evidence and cutting-edge technical analysis of Degas's sculptural production, providing a turning point in our appreciation of this elusive artist. Degas was a flawed person, sadly, but his artwork is amazing. You can explore the sculpture in more detail here. **NOTE: This is a bronze cast from the wax original displayed above.** Related: Has anyone seen the production of Little Dancer?
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