Prudence Heward's first major professional success was in 1929 when she won first prizeat the Willingdon Arts Competition for Girl on a Hill (National Gallery of Canada), a work that depicts the modern dancer Louise McLea.
One of the great sculptures of the modern age, Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans depicts a defiant 14 - year - old dancer — and comes with a # 10m - # 15m estimate