Title
Dancer looking at the sole of her right foot
1900-1910
cast 1919-1921
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit
- Dates
- 1900-1910
cast 1919-1921 - Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze, cire perdu (lost wax)
- Dimensions
- 48.0 cm height
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Paul Haefliger 1982
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 60.1983
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Edgar Degas
Works in the collection
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About
Although a founding and exhibiting member of the French Impressionists, Degas' preoccupation with the human figure and his intimate engagement with the minutiae of everyday life set him apart from the aims and methods of the group. "My art" he insisted, "has nothing spontaneous about it, it is all reflection" (Monnier). The distinctive linearity of Degas' work - a product of his classical training - evolved into a dynamic vocabulary of gesture and movement. His 600 or so variations on the theme of ballerinas have been compared to the photographic studies of animal and human locomotion undertaken by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870s and '80s. Degas' fascination with the moving body was extended and developed through his sculptures, many of them produced as wax sketches and not cast until after his death.
Monnier, G. "Degas" J. Turner, ed. 'The Dictionary of Art' 34 vols. London: Macmillan, 1996
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Degas, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, 25 Nov 1951–13 Jan 1952
Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 1986–23 Nov 1986
Body, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Sep 1997–16 Nov 1997
Favourites: Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from Australian collections (2000), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 15 Jan 2000–27 Feb 2000
Monet and the Impressionists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Oct 2008–26 Jan 2009
Monet and the Impressionists, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, 14 Feb 2009–17 May 2009
Impressions of Paris: Lautrec, Degas, Daumier, Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury, 11 Dec 2015–31 Jan 2016
Archie Plus, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 2020–07 Mar 2021
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Bibliography
Referenced in 8 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Sydney, 1986, (illus.). cat.no. 136
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Anthony Bond, Body, 'Embodying the Real', pg. 11-80, Sydney, 1997, 15 (colour illus.), 143,. figure 4, cat.no. 36
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Patricia Failing, ARTnews, 'The Degas bronzes Degas never knew', pg. 38-41, New York, Apr 1979.
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Kunstmuseum Bern, Degas, Bern, 1951.
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C.W. Millard, The sculpture of Edgar Degas, New Jersey, 1976, 18-19.
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Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries, Favourites: Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from public and private collections, Sydney, 2000. Catalogue entry appears in inserted list to printed catalogue
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John Rewald, Degas sculpture, the complete works, London, circa 1957, (illus.).
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Greame Sturgeon, Art and Australia, 'Lost and found: a decade of sculpture at the Art Gallery of New South Wales', pg. 74-79, Sydney, Spring 1984, 74-75 (illus.), 78.
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