Dancer Moving Forward, Arms Raised, Right Leg Forward
date: label: Date
content: (c. 1882-1895)/(cast 1919-1932)
name: label: Artist
content: Edgar Degas, French, b. Paris, 1834–1917
notes: label: Provenance
content: [Degas Heirs]
label: Provenance
content: E. Bachmann, New York.
label: Provenance
content: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale 1897, 15 April 1959, no. 25 ill. p. 16 (as Valsuani cast)
label: Provenance
content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 April 1959-17 May 1966
label: Provenance
content: Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
label: Exhibition History
content: SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 105.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
label: Exhibition History
content: JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Lincoln, Nebraska. "Degas and the Little Dancer," 7 February-3 May 1998. TOUR: STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK INSTITUTE, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 30 May-8 September; BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, Maryland, 4 October-3 January 1999.
label: Exhibition History
content: DETROIT INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Michigan. "Degas and the Dance," 18 October 2002-12 January 2003. TOUR: PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, Pennsylvania, 16 February-11 May 2003.
label: Exhibition History
content: ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton. "Degas: Figures in Motion," 22 January-30 May 2010.
label: Published References
content: REWALD, JOHN. Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue (New York: Pantheon, 1944), no. 26, p. 22, ill. p. 77. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
label: Published References
content: REWALD, JOHN. Degas Sculpture (New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1956), no. 26, p. 146, fig. 9. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
label: Published References
content: LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 680, ill. 81.
label: Published References
content: REWALD, JOHN. Degas's complete sculpture (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990), no. 26, pp. 90-1.
label: Published References
content: PINGEOT, ANNE. Degas Sculptures (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1991) , no. 19, p. 161.
label: Published References
content: CAMPBELL, SARA. "A catalogue of Degas' bronzes," Apollo 142/402 (August 1995), no. 72, HER.D, p. 46.
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content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66.1298
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: 27 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. (69.2 x 31.4 x 31.7 cm)