Outside the Mellon Impressionist Gallery is a portrait of the great philanthropist Paul Mellon eye-to-eye with Degas’ Little Dancer which in turn is at the center of the gallery.
I was trying to remember where I had seen the Little Dancer, so looked her up. It was at the New Orleans Museum of Art, on loan from the VMFA in 2014: "Here’s how the Little Dancer came to the Crescent City. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts asked to borrow NOMA’s prize possession, Degas’ portrait of his cousin Estelle Musson Degas, which the impressionist master painted just a few blocks away on Esplanade Avenue in 1872. The VMFA agreed to lend the Little Dancer in return. So, until March, she’s our guest."
May 13th, 2023
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I was trying to remember where I had seen the Little Dancer, so looked her up. It was at the New Orleans Museum of Art, on loan from the VMFA in 2014: "Here’s how the Little Dancer came to the Crescent City. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts asked to borrow NOMA’s prize possession, Degas’ portrait of his cousin Estelle Musson Degas, which the impressionist master painted just a few blocks away on Esplanade Avenue in 1872. The VMFA agreed to lend the Little Dancer in return. So, until March, she’s our guest."