Photograph by John Huston taken at William Goetz’s house. Reportedly, Monroe was so emotionally affected by the sculpture that she wept when she saw it. In 1881 Degas first showed this sculpture of the dancer Marie van Goethem at an exhibition of impressionist art. The sculpture was made of wax and dressed in a real bodice and tutu and had a wig of real hair that was tied up with a fabric ribbon. Goetz had one of the 28 bronze repetitions of the sculpture. (http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/160572061842/marilyn-monroe-looking-at-a-statue-of-edgar-degas)