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Lot n° 10

D'après Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917)

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According to Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917) The Little Dancer 14 years old Sculpture in bronze with brown patina signed inside the foot, stamp of the Guastini foundry and letter D. Height: 69,5 cm La Petite Danseuse de 14 ans is a wax sculpture presented by Edgar Degas at the 1881 Independents' Exhibition. The Degas Committee contractually authorized its reduction to a height of nearly 70 cm for 38 individually stamped bronzes as follows: 26 bronzes marked with the letters of the alphabet from A to Z. 9 bronzes marked from I/IX to IX/IX. 1 bronze marked "HEIR" for the Degas Committee. 2 bronzes marked HC1/2 and HC2/2. A certificate from the Edgar Degas Committee of December 2018 bearing the bronze with the letter "D" will be given to the purchaser.