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EDGAR DEGAS. Fan Mount: Ballet Girls

Fan Mount: Ballet Girls. Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris). Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (19.1 x 57.8 cm). Date: 1879.
In 1879, when Degas created this work, he was organizing a gallery at the Salon des Indépendants devoted to the painted fans of Félix and Marie Bracquemond, Jean-Louis Forain, Morisot, Pissarro, and himself. Cassatt, who owned this fan, considered it "the most beautiful one that Degas painted." She sold it to Louisine Havemeyer in 1919.

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Author:

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

Title:

Fan Mount: Ballet Girls

Caption:

Fan Mount: Ballet Girls. Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris). Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (19.1 x 57.8 cm). Date: 1879. In 1879, when Degas created this work, he was organizing a gallery at the Salon des Indépendants devoted to the painted fans of Félix and Marie Bracquemond, Jean-Louis Forain, Morisot, Pissarro, and himself. Cassatt, who owned this fan, considered it "the most beautiful one that Degas painted." She sold it to Louisine Havemeyer in 1919.

Technique/material:

Watercolor, silver, and gold on silk

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Releases:

? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size:

4573 x 2393 px | 31.3 MB

Print size:

38.7 x 20.3 cm | 15.2 x 8.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

DRAWINGS • EDGAR DEGAS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • FRANCE • GOLD • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • SILVER • WATERCOLOR, SILVER, AND GOLD ON SILK • WATERCOLORS