Just Released: Edgar Degas Sculpture: The Systematic Catalogue

READ THE CATALOGUE, LISTEN TO THE PODCAST, COME TO A LECTURE!   Catalogue Edgar Degas Sculpture The Collection of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue Executed in wax and dressed in a ballerina's tutu, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen caused a sensation when it was exhibited in 1881. It is the only sculpture Edgar Degas ever showed publicly, though more than one hundred—including dancers, horses, and bathers—were found in his studio after he died; all were dusty, and some had fallen apart. This groundbreaking volume documents the Gallery's superb collection of sculpture by Degas, linking art and science with insights from an art historian, conservators, and scientists. shop.nga.gov/nga/category.cgi?item=410000410424 Podcast Edgar Degas Sculpture: The Systematic Catalogue Daphne Barbour, senior object conservator, and Shelley Sturman, head of object conservation, National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art holds the greatest collection in the world of original wax sculptures created by Edgar Degas. Celebrating the publication of the Gallery's newest Systematic Catalogue, Edgar Degas Sculpture, Shelley Sturman and Daphne Barbour, two of the authors who are senior conservators, discuss their extensive research on the art, history, and techniques of the Gallery's unsurpassed collection of 52 works in wax, clay, and plaster, as well as a dozen posthumously cast bronzes. Listen | iTunes | RSS (17:16 mins.) Lectures The Sculpture of Edgar Degas at the National Gallery of Art: Launch of a Landmark Publication January 30 at 2:00p.m. East Building Concourse, Auditorium Daphne Barbour, senior conservator, department of object conservation, National Gallery of Art; Suzanne G. Lindsay, adjunct associate professor in the history of art, University of Pennsylvania; and Shelley Sturman, senior conservator and head of the department of object conservation, National Gallery of Art Book signing of Edgar Degas Sculpture follows. www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#degas_publication Degas the Sculptor and His Technique February 7 at 12:10p.m., 1:10p.m. East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium Daphne Barbour, senior conservator, department of object conservation, National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#degas_technique Degas's Bronzes Analyzed February 14 at 12:10p.m., 1:10p.m. East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium Shelley Sturman, senior conservator and head of the department of object conservation, National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#degas_bronzes Shop online: shop.nga.gov Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Watch our videos on ArtBabble

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