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Drawing
Dancers
Edgar Degas, 1834 - 1917
Degas, Edgar
France
1834 - 1917
Male
37 5/8 x 26 3/4 in. (95.6 x 67.9 cm)
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Pastel
Pastel
ca. 1900
1895
1905
1900-2000, 20th century, dance, drawing, women
Drawing
When asked by Mrs. Horace Havemeyer, an American collector, why he so often portrayed dancers, Degas replied “Because I find there, Madame, the combined movements of the Greeks.”
This pastel was produced late in the artist’s life when his eyesight had begun to fail. It is possible that his diminished vision resulted in the heavy contours that surround the dancers and give only the barest suggestion of their facial features. Rather than attempting great detail, he concentrated on mapping out the unpredictable effects of theatrical lighting on the forms of the figures.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
back of frame, From Cleveland Degas exhibition, Feb 7 - Mar 9 1947back of framelower leftback of panelback of panelback of panelback of panelback of panel, Label for AFA Degas and the Dance exhibitionback of panel, Label for National Gallery of Art Degas exhibition
1931.21
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1/17/2001
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Painting
At Court (Au Tribunal)
Jean Louis Forain, (Reims, France, 1853 – 1931, Paris)
Forain, Jean Louis
France
1853 - 1931
Male
22 x 27 5/8 in. (55.9 x 70.2 cm)
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Oil
Oil
ca. 1900
1895
1905
children, European art, lawyers, men, paintings, politics in art, women
Painting
1954.1
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Memorial Art Gallery
1/29/2001
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