Edgar Degas
Fourth Position Front, on the Left Leg
1881-1894
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Edgar Degas
Fourth Position Front, on the Left Leg
1881-1894
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 22 9/16 x 12 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (57.3 x 31.4 x 33.7 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.413
Bronze sculpture of ballet dancer.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase from Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 4 Nov. 1929.
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Cone Wing Rotations 2020
Cone Wing Rotations 2021
Cone Wing Rotations 2022
Paul Jamot, "Degas," (Paris: 1924) 127, No. 11.
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland" (Baltimore: 1934) plate. # 116.
John Rewald, "Degas Works in Sculpture," (New York: Pantheon, 1944) 24, 99, no. 44.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 54, no. 134.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection, Revised Edition," (Baltimore: BMA, 1967) no. 123.
John Rewald, "Degas: Sculpture," (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1956) no. 43.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta," (Baltimore: BMA, 1985) 183.
Sara Campbell, 'A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes,' "Apollo," Aug. 1995, p. 13.
Richard Kendall, "Degas and the Little Dancer," exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale university Press, 1998)176.
Jane Kinsman, "Degas The Uncontested Master," exh. cat. (Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2008) 141.
Joseph Czestochowski and Anne Pingeot, "Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes," (New York: Torch Press and International Arts, 2002) 131.
Inscribed: "Degas" right rear on base.
Markings: "Cire - A. A. Hebrard - Perdue" " 5/F" left rear on base.
