MARIE-MONIQUE STECKEL President, French Institute Alliance Francaise GREGORY HEDBERG Senior Consultant, Hirschl & Adler Galleries request the pleasure of your company for the launch of an important new book DEGAS LITTLE DANCER, AGED FOURTEEN: The earlier version that helped spark the birth of modern art by Gregory Hedberg, Ph.D. from Arnoldsche Art Publishers Monday, September 12th 5:30 lecture by Dr. Hedberg in Florence Gould Hall 6:30 until 8:oo cocktail reception in the Skyroom The French Institute Alliance Francaise 22 East 6oth Street New York City R.s.v.p. [email protected] As part of the presentation of Dr. Hedberg's research, an exhibition of the Degas Little Dancer plaster has been arranged at the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) opening on Monday, September 12M, and continuing through Saturday, September 17's, as well as a series of lectures: Wednesday, September 14th at 6:30 in the FIAF Skyroom ARTHUR BEALE, chair emeritus of conservation and collections, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston "How Understanding Sculptural Techniques Can Lead To Important Art Historical Discoveries" Grc7ory Hedberg DEGAS' LITTLE DANCER, AGED FOURTEEN ;he onrCer 'trio/ that helped tpa•. the birth Mudent ref • Thursday, September 15'h at 6:3o in the FIAF Skyroom ERIC FISCHL, internationally known figurative artist "From Degas To Me With Some Other Artists In Between" The recent discovery of a plaster by Edgar Degas, Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen, turns our understand- ing of the most famous work by this artist on its head. As source material and technical analyses verify, it was cast from the famous wax sculpture we know today prior to its considerable reworking. As a consequence, the Little Dancer is being seen for the first time in its revolutionary original conception, which caused a great sensation with its first presen- tation at the sixth Impressionist exhibition of 1881. EFTA_R1_00012593 EFTA01734