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  • Provenance
  • Exhibition History
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Provenance

(A.-A. Hébrard, Paris);[1] sold to (M. Knoedler & Company, New York); given or sold 1956 to John Rewald [1912-1994], New York;[2] sold April 1968 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA.

[1] This plaster is one of two produced at the Hébrard foundry in connection with the casting of the original wax sculpture, also in the NGA collection (1999.80.28).

[2] Rewald merely states in his bill of sale to Mr. Mellon that he "obtained" the plaster from Knoedler; see NGA curatorial files.

Exhibition History
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000, as Dressed Ballet Dancer (Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans), no cat.
Bibliography
1976
Millard, Charles W. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas. Princeton, 1976.
1979
Failing, Patricia. "The Degas bronzes Degas never knew." Art News (April 1979): 38+.
1991
Gingold, Diane J. and Elizabeth A.C. Weil. The Corporate Patron. New York, 1991: 109, color repro.
1991
Pingeot, Anne. Degas Sculptures. Paris, 1991: no. 73.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 67, repro.
1995
Barbour, Daphne. "Degas's 'Little Dancer': Not Just a Study in the Nude." Art Journal 54 (Summer 1995): 28+, repro.
1995
Campbell, Sara. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." Apollo 142 (August 1995): 10-48, 46-47.
1997
Henderson, Anne. "Portraits & Personalities." Washington Parent (November 1997): 14, repro.
1998
Hargrove, June. "Degas's 'Little 14-year-old Dancer:' Madonna of the Third Republic?" Sculpture Journal 2 (1998): 97-105, repro.
1998
Hargrove, June. "Degas's 'Little Dancer' in the World of Pantomime." Apollo 147, no. 432 (February 1998): 15-21, repro.
2010
Lindsay, Suzanne Glover, Daphne S. Barbour, and Shelley G. Sturman. Edgar Degas Sculpture. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2010: no. 16, 138-143, color repro.
2017
Dickerson III, C.D. "The Sculpture Collection: Shaping a Vision, Expanding a Legacy." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 56 (Spring 2017): 10, repro.