How many of Degas' The Little Dancer sculptures were made?

Illustrations of The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, as well as some of the other better-preserved examples were published in the December 1918 issue of La ... read more

Thereafter, “Hébrard” Degas Little Dancer bronzes were cast at the Valsuani foundry in Paris until the mid-1970s. Sixty-nine of Degas' wax sculptures survived the casting process. One copy of Le Petite Danseuse is currently owned by the creator and owner of Auto Trader, John Madejski. read more

According to some sources, there are 30 copies of the Edgar Degas' Little Dancer sculptures, but there is just one original in wax at the National Gallery of Washington. The other 29 are only copies melted in 1922 after the artist's death. read more

If you're even a casual fan of Impressionist art, you may have seen Edgar Degas's "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years" (1881) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And the Musee d'Orsay. And the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. read more