Edgar Degas: Spanish Dancer Sculpture

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An artful gift inspired by The Met collection. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) found a ready source of inspiration in dancers; his many paintings, drawings, and sculptures of the subject explore subtle variations in the dynamics of a dancer's movement. This graceful sculpture reproduces Degas's Spanish Dancer , modeled probably around 1884 and cast in 1920 at the Parisian foundry A. A. Hébrard et Cie. Upon Degas's death in 1917, more than 150 figurative sculptures were found in his studio. Most were made of…