Little Dancer of Fourteen Years with Fabric Skirt Statue by Degas, 8.5H

The Fourteen-year-old Dancer (Petite Danseuse De Quatorze Ans, 1879-1881), Edgar Degas' beloved sculpture of a young ballerina. She has an actual fabric skirt and ribbon bow in her hair. Part of the Parastone Museum Collection (PN DE05). Comes with a color card in four languages describing the original artwork. Material : Collectible quality, resin with hand-painted color details, matte and glossy finish, fabric skirt and bow. Dimensions : 8.5 in. x 3.25 in. x 3.25 in. Weight 0.9 lbs. ABOUT THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK: After beginning to lose his eyesight after his fiftieth birthday, Degas became increasingly dependent on his sense of touch and so started to turn from painting to sculpting. Although during the last period of his life he hardly ever showed his work to anybody, he decided after working the The Dancer for than two years, to send his work to the impressionist exhibition in Paris. After he had carefully sculpted the body, he had the clothes custom made: the bodice, the net danci