Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso)

Edgar Degas French

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This drawing is associated with a larger group of studies, dated about 1873, made for Degas’s famous paintings of ballet dancers. The confident free brushstrokes, virtuoso depiction of a shadow in front of the dancer’s left foot, and beautiful bluish green highlights on her right side showcase the artist’s skill as a draftsman. Degas’s use of color adds luminosity to the rich pink support, one of many bright-hued prepared papers with which the artist experimented during this period.

Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso), Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)

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Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso), Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)
Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso), Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)
Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso), Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)
Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso), Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)
Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso), Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)
Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso), Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)

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