Edgar Degas, the master painter of ballet dancers and race horses, and one of the giants of 19th-Century French art, was also a fine sculptor. Last week, at Manhattan's Buchholz Gallery, an exhibition of 50 rare bronzes reminded Degas devotees that the painter could model. Only one of the pieces had ever been shown during Degas' lifetime, and only after his death in 1917 were they cast in bronze.
Aristocratic, cantankerous Edgar Degas was a difficult man. He called his little ballet dancer models "rats," hit the ceiling every time he saw cut flowers,...
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