Stair Sainty's ‘true’ Degas dancer discovery
Two versions of Edgar Degas’ (1834-1917) statue of Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans exist. The traditionally recognised example, one bronze of which stands in the Tate Modern, was the only one known for many years and is a posthumous cast of Degas’ wax sculpture.
However, a new cast, made in the 1990s off a plaster discovered in a French foundry, is now believ…