European Art

Hand patinated reproduction. Mold made from a print of the original work made by Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas, known as Degas, on display at the Musée d'Orsay. Even though he was known mainly as a painter, from the 1860s onwards, modelling occupied an increasingly important place in the work of Degas, and it became his principal mode of expression by the end of his career. Except for The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, exhibited in 1881, his sculptures were unknown during his lifetime. They were discovered only after he died in 1917. Out of about one hundred and fifty pieces found in his