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EDGAR DEGAS. Three Dancers Preparing for Class

Three Dancers Preparing for Class. Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris). Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (54.6 x 52.1 cm). Date: after 1878.
The seated dancer in this pastel was derived from a study dated December 1878 of the fifteen-year-old Melina Darde. That drawing and those which explored the poses of the two dancers in the foreground belonged to a stock of figure drawings that Degas used for his larger compositions. There is another variant of this pastel also of the mid-1880s (Private collection).

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Author: EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

Title: Three Dancers Preparing for Class

Caption: Three Dancers Preparing for Class. Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris). Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (54.6 x 52.1 cm). Date: after 1878. The seated dancer in this pastel was derived from a study dated December 1878 of the fifteen-year-old Melina Darde. That drawing and those which explored the poses of the two dancers in the foreground belonged to a stock of figure drawings that Degas used for his larger compositions. There is another variant of this pastel also of the mid-1880s (Private collection).

Technique/material: Pastel on buff-colored wove paper

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 4523 × 4738 px | 61.3 MB

Print size: 38.3 × 40.1 cm | 1780.7 × 1865.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CHALK • DRAWINGS • EDGAR DEGAS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • FRANCE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAPER • PASTEL ON BUFF-COLORED WOVE PAPER • PASTELS