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Which real materials did Edgar Degas include in Little Dancer Aged Fourteen?
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Edgar Degas
Self-Portrait, oil on paper by Edgar Degas, c. 1855â56; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Edgar Degasâs sculpture Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (1878â1881) is noted for its commitment to visual realism. To achieve this lifelike effect, Degas incorporated several real-world materials into the wax figure, including: