A Dancer Ready to Dance, the Right Foot Forward at The Barber Institute, Birmingham

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This study of a dancer is one of more than thirty sculpture that Degas made of ballerinas. The clay or wax models supplemented the numerous drawings that the artist also made. Walter Sickert records that on a visit to Degas' studio 'he showed me a little statuette of a dancer'. 'It was night', he recalled, and Degas 'held a candle up, and turned the statuette to show me the succession of shadows cast by its silhouette'. The sculpture became known to the public only after the artist's death in 1917, when they were cast in bronze for sale.    This object is part of "Scan The World". Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email stw@myminifactory.com to find out how you can help.Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)