Edgar Degas - Sculpture

From Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Degas was fascinated by the malleable quality of wax, and composed many small sculptures of both wax and modeling clay over armatures of wire, cork, wood, and other objects. He seems to have used these sculptures alongside his drawings and photographs to understand human and animal movement. Created as studies and easily altered, more than eighty wax sculptures of dancers, women bathing, and horses were found in Degas's studio at his death.
In 1918, Degas's heirs commissioned the Parisian founder Adrien A. Hébrard to reproduce seventy-three of the waxes in bronze. Each of the casts was stamped and numbered to ensure its authenticity and status as part of the authorized edition. The casting process was designed to save the original waxes which, although too fragile to travel, can be seen at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; the Musée d'Orsay, Paris; and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. The skillful casting of the bronzes was praised when they were exhibited in 1921, and inspired Degas's friend Mary Cassatt to write, "I have studied Degas's bronzes for months. I believe he will live to be greater as a sculptor than as a painter."

1870s mid Jockey 19x9x9cm pigmented beeswax, metal armature National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA 1878 Little Dancer Aged Fourteen 98x35x34cm pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton faille bodice, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers  Nation 1880 Horse Rearing 31x20x26cm pigmented beeswax, plastiline, metal armature, cork, on wooden base National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA 1880 The Schoolgirl 27x11x17cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1870s mid Jockey
19x9x9cm pigmented beeswax, metal armature National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA
1878 Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
98x35x34cm pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton faille bodice, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers Nation
1880 Horse Rearing
31x20x26cm pigmented beeswax, plastiline, metal armature, cork, on wooden base National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA
1880 The Schoolgirl
27x11x17cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1880s Spanish Dance 44x12x22cm pigmented beeswax, metal armature, on wooden base National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA 1885 Arabesque over the Right Leg, Left Arm in Front 29x39x12cm pigmented beeswax, metal armature, on wooden base and supported by exterior metal frame National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA 1888 The Tub 21x42x45cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 1890 Arabesque Devant 57x32x32cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1880s Spanish Dance
44x12x22cm pigmented beeswax, metal armature, on wooden base National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA
1885 Arabesque over the Right Leg, Left Arm in Front
29x39x12cm pigmented beeswax, metal armature, on wooden base and supported by exterior metal frame National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA
1888 The Tub
21x42x45cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1890 Arabesque Devant
57x32x32cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1890 Second Arabesque 28x43x9cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 1894 First Arabesque Penchee 40x54x33cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 1895 Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot 46x24x17cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 1910 Woman Putting on a Stocking 42x28x14cm Bronze Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1890 Second Arabesque
28x43x9cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1894 First Arabesque Penchee
40x54x33cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1895 Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot
46x24x17cm Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1910 Woman Putting on a Stocking
42x28x14cm Bronze Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City