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Dancer looking at the sole of her right foot (Second study)
(Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit)
(c. 1900-1910); (1919-1937) {cast, or later}
- Medium
- bronze
- Measurements
- 47.3 × 24.3 × 20.8
- Place/s of Execution
- Paris, France
- Edition
- ed. 20/20
- Inscription
- cast (inverted) in base u.r.: CIRE / PERDUE / A.A.HEBRARD
punched (inverted) in base u.r.: 59 / ¬(vertical line) / T
cast l.l.: Degas - Accession Number
- 2016.235
- Department
- International Sculpture
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Leigh Clifford AO, Sue Clifford and family, 2016 - Gallery location
- Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Sometime between 1900 and 1910–12, in spite of his failing eyesight, Degas modelled four sculptures in wax, depicting a dancer looking at the sole of her right foot. This sculpture is the second study from the series. All four sculptures from this time show the dancer delicately poised on her left leg but in slightly different poses. When seen together, she appears animated across the four sculptures as she progressively raises her leg to get a closer look at her foot. While Degas employed models to pose in his studio in these years, he was doubtless also recalling images from many hours spent watching ballerinas in rehearsal.
