  About the Artwork
  
  
  Although Degas is mainly known as a painter, he also produced a number of sculptures. Their characteristic rough, almost "unfinished" surface gives them a sense of tactile immediacy and liveliness. As in his paintings, Degas was interested in showing ordinary figures from contemporary life. The “schoolgirl” was probably someone Degas had noticed in the street.
  
  
  Title
  Schoolgirl
  
  
  Artwork Date
  cast after 1917
  
  
  
  
  Makers
  
  
  Edgar Degas  (Artist)
  French, 1834-1917
  (Foundry)
  A. A. Hebrard
  
  
  
  Medium
  Bronze
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 11 × 4 3/4 × 5 15/16 inches (28 × 12.1 × 15.1 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Sculpture
  
  
  Department
  European Modern Art to 1970
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  56.173
  
  
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