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.
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
plaster cast possibly 1920/1921, after original wax modelled 1878-1881
Accession Number
1985.64.62
Medium
painted plaster, fabric, metal armature, on plaster base
Dimensions
overall (without base): 99.4 x 35 x 35.8 cm (39 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.) | base: 5.9 x 49.4 x 50.4 cm (2 5/16 x 19 7/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
