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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 4 (1971)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 4

"The Technical Aspects of Degas's Art"

Reff, Theodore
1971
26 pages
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Theodore Reff

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Sulking, Edgar Degas French, Oil on canvas
Sulking
ca. 1870
Woman Having Her Hair Combed, Edgar Degas French, Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount
Woman Having Her Hair Combed
ca. 1886–88
The Rehearsal Onstage, Edgar Degas French, Pastel over brush-and-ink drawing on thin cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas
The Rehearsal Onstage
ca. 1874
Dancers Practicing at the Barre, Edgar Degas French, Mixed media on canvas
Dancers Practicing at the Barre
1877
Woman on a Sofa, Edgar Degas French, Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with touches of pastel, over graphite underdrawing, on pink paper
Woman on a Sofa
1875
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, Edgar Degas French, Partially tinted bronze, cotton tarlatan, silk satin, and wood, French, Paris
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer
1922 (cast), 2018 (tutu)
The Tub, Edgar Degas French, Bronze, French
The Tub
modeled 1888–89, cast 1920
The Apple Pickers, Edgar Degas French, Bronze, French
The Apple Pickers
modeled ca. 1881–83, cast 1920
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, Edgar Degas French, Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage
ca. 1874
Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room, Edgar Degas French, Aquatint, drypoint, and scraping on laid paper; only state
Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room
1877–78
Head of a Woman in Profile, Edgar Degas French, Softground etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper (unique impression)
Head of a Woman in Profile
1879–80
Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris, Edgar Degas French, Lithograph; only state
Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris
1877–78
The Fireside, Edgar Degas French, Monotype in black ink on white heavy laid paper
The Fireside
ca. 1876–77
Leaving the Bath, Edgar Degas French, Drypoint and aquatint on laid paper; twelfth state of twenty-two, or more states
Leaving the Bath
1879–80

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