Dancer Looking at the Sole of her Right Foot
1896–97
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Dancer Looking at the Sole of her Right Foot, 1896–97. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Bronze; overall: 46.4 x 21.6 x 20.3 cm (18 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1947.2028 Degas often frequented the Garnier opera house in Paris to observe the dancers during both onstage performances and backstage rehearsals. Paying careful attention to their movements and poses, he produced nearly 1,500 works depicting ballet dancers, including paintings, drawings, and sculptures.
- Maker/Artist
- Degas, Edgar
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 46.4 x 21.6 x 20.3 cm (18 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed on base at left: Degas. Inscribed behind right foot: 67/B.
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1947.2028
- Credit Line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Exhibitions
- Mural Scrolls, Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition 1953, Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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