Besides Mr. Wynn's purchase, the Shelburne was offering three pastels and a Degas bronze.

Like the Degas bronze from the Shelburne, it made more than it had at the height of the art market, when it sold at Sotheby's in New York for $9.2 million in 1988.

You will also find an extensive collection of drawings by Picasso and, one of the museum's great joys, the Degas bronzes.

Mr. Alexander entrusted Mr. Doyle with a Degas bronze of a nude dancer looking at the sole of her right foot, a piece that prosecutors said was worth $600,000.

The two Degas bronzes of young dancers stir fond thoughts of the two Obama daughters.

A Degas bronze, "Little Dancer at 14 Years of Age," is expected to sell for between $8 million and $10 million.

Besides the paintings, the display includes 10 Degas bronzes and sculptures by Rodin, Maillol and Matisse, as well as later figures by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.

These statues posthumous Degas bronzes can be seen in many museums.

It is assumed that, except for the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, all Degas bronzes worldwide are cast from surmoulages (i.e., cast from bronze masters).

A rare Degas bronze had many frenzied bidders.