It was also the second time in its history that the Degas ballet dancer went for a record price for sculpture.

On the far wall, over the futon, is a Degas painting-several dancers in a studio.

Boudin beach scenes, Degas dancers, Renoir nudes - it doesn't lack too much that a collection of this era should have.

"When I finished," she exults, "I realized I'd made a Degas dancer!"

Standing outside a gallery window, looking at a canvas of a Degas ballet dancer, she complains, "You can't make out the faces, they're all blurry."

Myriam Kamionka's Degas dancer was perfectly cast at the matinee, with her mix of impishness and assurance in Lifar's off-center virtuosity.

Duncan Alexander stood under the bogus Degas ballet dancers in the owner's stateroom.

Sculpture includes a Degas dancer, a Giacometti, a table-top Henry Moore and a bull by Marino Marini.

Steve Smith, the balls of his feet stuck to the floor like those of a Degas dancer.

This quick nose-to-knee moment may be an accelerated version of a well-known image from George Balanchine, but it might also suggest a Degas dancer tying her ballet slippers.