Dancers resting

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1881-1885

Height:

49.8 cm  (19 5/8 in.)

Width:

58.4 cm  (23 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pastel on paper mounted on cardboard

Description

Text from the museum website:
Beginning about 1870, Degas explored in his art the lives of dancers at the ballet of the Paris Opera - on stage, in rehearsal, and backstage in private moments. Here, the artist took his drawing of a seated dancer (at right) and added pieces of paper to create a larger composition, incorporating the figure of another dancer in a red shawl and the large expanse of floor in front of her. Degas left his notations - perhaps measurements of the added strips - visible at right.

Iconclass

31B19
resting
48C8422
female dancer
48C844
ballet dress

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5932