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Credit: Annie Potts

An exhibition devoted to Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer opened last week at The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) in its Skyroom.

Curated by Dr. Gregory Hedberg, author of a new Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The Earlier Version That Helped Spark The Birth Of Modern Art, he celebrated with wife Margaret, and 200 friends including Dirk Allgaier, Christine Biddle, Sharon Bush, The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Dr. Roberta Carroll, Peter and Faith Coolidge, Suzi Cordish, Zita Davisson, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Robert and Christine Emmons, Kip Forbes, Grace Gluck, Michèle Gerber Klein, Peter Trippi, Patricia Hearst Shaw, and Dr. and Mrs. Frank Weiser.

Marie-Monique Steckel, FIAF President, noted how “We are always proud to respond to the interest in great French art.”

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Credit: Annie Potts

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Melinda Sullivan, Joyce Hill

Patricia Hearst Shaw, Dr Gregory Hedberg