The Ballet
Edgar Degas · c. 1880 · pastel on light tan paper mounted on board
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About this picture
The Ballet is a public-domain drawing by Edgar Degas, dated c. 1880. Pastel on light tan paper mounted on board. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Ballet” (c. 1880) 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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