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Degas bronze sculpture of young ballerina fails to sell in NYC

By: The Associated Press

Posted: 11/2/2011 8:37 AM | Comments: 0

FILE - In a Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 file photo, Puanani Brown, a member of the corps de ballet of the American Ballet Theatre, poses with Edgar Degas "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" at Christie's auction house, in New York. The bronze sculpture failed to find a buyer at Christie's New York auction of impressionist and modern art Tuesday night, Nov. 1, 2011. The sculpture had a pre-sale estimate of $25 million to $35 million, but there were no bids. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A bronze sculpture of a young ballerina by French Impressionist Edgar Degas has failed to find a buyer at Christie's New York auction of impressionist and modern art.

"Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" had a pre-sale estimate of $25 million to $35 million. The auction was Tuesday night, but there were no bids.

The 40-inch high work depicts a standing ballerina wearing a satin hair ribbon and a fabric tutu.

The original was made of tinted wax. After his death in 1917, Degas' heirs had 28 cast in bronze.

Most are in museums. Ten are in private hands, including the one that was offered at Christie's.

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Online: www.christies.com

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