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How much is The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer worth?

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer was cast in bronze more than once, so there is no single price. One cast sold for $41.6 million at Christie's New York in 2022.

Artist: Edgar Degas
Date: modeled c. 1880
Medium: Bronze, with cotton tutu and satin hair ribbon

One cast sold for$41.6MChristie's New York · 2022

About the painting

A young ballet student stands in a resting position, chin lifted and hands clasped behind her back, dressed in a real fabric tutu. Degas's original was modeled in wax and shown in 1881; bronze casts such as this one, fitted with a cloth skirt and hair ribbon, were made after his death. It is Degas's most famous sculpture.

More on the artist: the most expensive Degas ever sold, and where the famous ones hang.

Degas next to other famous artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Degas: $41.6 million for Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, in 2022.

Caillebotte$53MJeune homme à sa fenêtre · 2021
Raphael$47.9MHead of an Apostle, black chalk study for the Transfiguration · 2012
Turner$47.4MRome, from Mount Aventine · 2014
Rousseau$43.5MLes Flamants · 2023
Degas$41.6MPetite danseuse de quatorze ans · 2022
Constable$35.2MThe Lock · 2012
Pissarro$32.1MLe Boulevard Montmartre, matinée de printemps · 2014
Vermeer$30.1MA Young Woman Seated at the Virginals · 2004
Michelangelo$27.2MStudy for the right foot of the Libyan Sibyl · 2026

Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.

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Questions

How much is The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer worth?

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer was cast in bronze more than once, so there is no single price. One cast sold for $41.6 million at Christie's New York in 2022.

What is Degas's most expensive work?

Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, which sold for $41.6 million at Christie's New York in 2022. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

When did The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer last sell?

One cast sold at Christie's New York in 2022 for $41.6 million.