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French: Jean-Honori Fragonard (1732-1806) c. 1770 3,881.88 KB
French: Jean-Honori Fragonard (1732-1806) c. 1770
 Little Dancer aged 14. French: Edgar Degas (1834-1917) modeled 1879-1881, cast 1919-21. Bronze with gauze tu-tu and silk ribbon. This is one of the most celebrated sculptures of the modern age. The wax version, from which this bronze was cast, was first exhibited at the 1881 Impressionist exhibition in Paris. The sculpture's stark realism and its unconventional combination of materials-- a guaze skirt, satin slippers, a linen bodice, human hair, and was tinted to look like flesh-- shocked viewers. Scaled to three-quarters life-size, little Dancer was derided by many as a puppet or a hairdresser's dummmy. Others recognized its innovative qualities: M. Degas, wrote one critic, has made a work of strong character, of exact science, in a truly original form. Shortly after Dega's death in 1917, the Hebrard foundary cast more than seventy of his sculptures in bronze. In addition, the artit's estate was auctioned in 1919. Sterling and Francine Clark, who were living in Paris at the time, were able to acquire a significant collection of the artist's paintings, scultures, drawings, and prints. Many years later, Sterling recalled, I well remember the Degas sale after the First World War. I bought a few things... My only regret is that I did not buy more. 5,262.52 KB
Little Dancer aged 14. French: Edgar Degas (1834-1917) modeled 1879-1881, cast 1919-21. Bronze with gauze tu-tu and silk ribbon. This is one of the most celebrated sculptures of the modern age. The wax version, from which this bronze was cast, was first exhibited at the 1881 Impressionist exhibition in Paris. The sculpture's stark realism and its unconventional combination of materials-- a guaze skirt, satin slippers, a linen bodice, human hair, and was tinted to look like flesh-- shocked viewers. Scaled to three-quarters life-size, "little Dancer" was derided by many as a "puppet" or a "hairdresser's dummmy." Others recognized its innovative qualities: "M. Degas," wrote one critic, "has made a work of strong character, of exact science, in a truly original form." Shortly after Dega's death in 1917, the Hebrard foundary cast more than seventy of his sculptures in bronze. In addition, the artit's estate was auctioned in 1919. Sterling and Francine Clark, who were living in Paris at the time, were able to acquire a significant collection of the artist's paintings, scultures, drawings, and prints. Many years later, Sterling recalled, "I well remember the Degas sale after the First World War. I bought a few things... My only regret is that I did not buy more."
 Fourth Position Front, On the Left Leg. French: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) Modeled c. 1880s, cast 1919-21 23 x 14 15/16 x 14 1/16 in. 2,530.58 KB
Fourth Position Front, On the Left Leg. French: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) Modeled c. 1880s, cast 1919-21 23 x 14 15/16 x 14 1/16 in.
French: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) c. 1877 2,932.55 KB
French: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) c. 1877
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Dismounted: The Fourth Troopers Moving the Led Horses. American: Frederic Remington (1861-1909) The horses in Remington's painting thunder towards us, kicking up clouds of dust. Chaos seems imminent, but this military maneuver is well practiced. In every group of troopers, three dismount to pursue the battle while the fourth leads the riderless steeds to safety. Each animal is distinctly different, but the mustachioed troopers look alike, all semmingly based on the same model. Despite its realistic detail, this picture is a work of historical fiction rather than a record of an actual battle on the western frontier. 3,758.70 KB
Dismounted: The Fourth Troopers Moving the Led Horses. American: Frederic Remington (1861-1909) The horses in Remington's painting thunder towards us, kicking up clouds of dust. Chaos seems imminent, but this military maneuver is well practiced. In every group of troopers, three dismount to pursue the battle while the fourth leads the riderless steeds to safety. Each animal is distinctly different, but the mustachioed troopers look alike, all semmingly based on the same model. Despite its realistic detail, this picture is a work of historical fiction rather than a record of an actual battle on the western frontier.
Venus Victorious. French: Pierre-Aguste Renoir (1841-1919) 1914 Bronze (71 7/8 x 32 x 43 3/4 in.) 1,637.58 KB
Venus Victorious. French: Pierre-Aguste Renoir (1841-1919) 1914 Bronze (71 7/8 x 32 x 43 3/4 in.)
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