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Little Dancer aged fourteen
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1880-81
Edgar Degas
Bronze, fabric
Height: 99.1 cm
Acquired: 1938
UEA 2In 1881, when propriety was everything, the aggressive realism of The Little Dancer prompted great criticism. By displaying the sculpture in a glass case, the artist alluded to display methods of natural history museums and may have been questioning whether a sculpture of meticulous realism could still be categorised as �art�. This leads to an interesting reflection of the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection which displays �archeological objects� alongside �art� and in so doing asks the viewer to question their definition of �art�. « Back to collection listing
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