Kat Cameron | OPEN FOURTH

Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, Edgar Degas, 1878-81 i. Open fourth—relaxed but defiant ……..chin up, shoulders back …………….fingers intertwined behind her back …………….the child stands in a glass vitrine ……..on a wooden base exposed to the exhibition’s gaze. Only fourteen, composed of scraps— ……..rope, clay, human hair …………….and pigmented beeswax …………….cotton bodice ……..scanty muslin tutu ribbons…

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