Danseuses

Artist Edgar Degas (born Paris, France, 1834; died Paris, France, 1917)

Date1879

MediumGouache, oil pastel, and oil paint on silk

DimensionsImage Overall: 8 9/16 x 23 13/16 in. (21.7 x 60.5 cm)
Sheet Overall: 23 15/16 x 12 1/16 in. (60.8 x 30.6 cm)
Frame: 20 1/8 x 32 x 1 7/8 in. (51.1 x 81.3 x 4.8 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hilding Lindberg

Terms

figurative

Object number1983.1.8

DescriptionA painted scene of ballet dancers on a silk fan. Stage scenery suggesting landscape divides the image in half down the middle. There is a single dancer in the far background at the left; the others are on the stage on the right. A cluster of men in black suits stands in the background.

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