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Little Dancer Aged Fourteen

The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiece

ISBN-13: 9781590519585

Author(s): Camille Laurens

Subjects: Biography - Arts and Entertainment, DNBF

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Other Press

Publication Date: 22-11-2018

Format: Hardback

Availability: Temporary unavailable

£18.99

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About the book

This absorbing, heartfelt work tells the story of the real dancer behind Degas's now-iconic sculpture, and the struggles of late nineteenth-century bohemian life of Paris. Drawing on a wealth of historical material as well as her own love of ballet and personal experience of loss, Camille Laurens presents a compelling, compassionate portrait of Marie van Goethem. Laurens also looks further, at the world of the artists' models themselves, traditionally overlooked in the history of art.

Little Dancer Aged Fourteen

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