Dancer Kneeling, Seen from the Back
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · 1880/85 · Charcoal with pastel on cream wove paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Dancer Kneeling, Seen from the Back is a public-domain drawing by Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, dated 1880/85. Charcoal with pastel on cream wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Dancer Kneeling, Seen from the Back” (1880/85) is cropped the way Degas liked: dancers, bathers, or a room seen as if glanced at, not arranged for a formal portrait.
About the artist
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was a French artist of dancers, bathers, races, and ordinary rooms. He drew constantly and often cropped a scene as if it had been glanced at, rather than posed for a formal portrait.
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