Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). <em>Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, jambe droite en avant, première étude)</em>, modeled 1882-1895, cast 1919-1932. Bronze, 17 7/8 × 6 × 9 1/2 in., 9.5 lb. (45.4 × 15.2 × 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers, 70.176.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 70.176.5_SL3.jpg)

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, jambe droite en avant, première étude), modeled 1882-1895, cast 1919-1932. Bronze, 17 7/8 × 6 × 9 1/2 in., 9.5 lb. (45.4 × 15.2 × 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers, 70.176.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 70.176.5_SL3.jpg)

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Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, jambe droite en avant, première étude)

European Art

On View: European Art Galleries, 5th floor

This sculpture depicts a young dancer of the Paris Opéra posed in ballet’s fourth position. Edgar Degas made such small-scale studies with wax and other modeling compounds as a means to experiment in three dimensions with the movements and poses he would portray in his paintings. These were private works, not intended for display, but when his heirs found them in his studio after his death, they selected seventy-four of them to cast in bronze in limited editions.

ARTIST Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917

CAST BY A-A Hébrard et Cie

MEDIUM Bronze

Place Made: France

DATES modeled 1882-1895, cast 1919-1932

DIMENSIONS 17 7/8 × 6 × 9 1/2 in., 9.5 lb. (45.4 × 15.2 × 24.1 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS On base"CIRE/PERDUE/A.-A. HÉBRARD/41/J"

SIGNATURE On base: "Degas"

COLLECTIONS European Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 70.176.5

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers

EXHIBITIONS

Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in European Art Galleries, 5th floor

CAPTION Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, jambe droite en avant, première étude), modeled 1882-1895, cast 1919-1932. Bronze, 17 7/8 × 6 × 9 1/2 in., 9.5 lb. (45.4 × 15.2 × 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers, 70.176.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 70.176.5_SL3.jpg)

STATE 41J

IMAGE overall, 70.176.5_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015

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