Before the Race
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) · c. 1887–89 · pastel with charcoal underdrawing on tracing paper mounted on cardboard
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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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About this picture
Before the Race is a CC0 drawing by Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), dated c. 1887–89. Pastel with charcoal underdrawing on tracing paper mounted on cardboard. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Before the Race” (c. 1887–89) 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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