Auction sale reference

Petite danseuse de quatorze ans

Sold for £25,120,000 at Sotheby's on Jun 24, 2026.

Lot description

Edgar Degas 1834 - 1917 Petite danseuse de quatorze ans inscribed Degas, numbered HER and stamped with the foundry mark A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE (on the base) bronze with muslin skirt and satin hair ribbon on a wooden base height: 101.3 cm. 39⅞ in. Conceived in wax circa 1879-81 and cast in bronze from 1922.

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