Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing
Edgar Degas · c. 1880 · charcoal on tan laid paper
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About this picture
Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing is a public-domain drawing by Edgar Degas, dated c. 1880. Charcoal on tan laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing” (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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