Hortense Valpinçon
Edgar Degas · 1883 · pastel and graphite on wove paper; laid down
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About this picture
Hortense Valpinçon is a public-domain drawing by Edgar Degas, dated 1883. Pastel and graphite on wove paper; laid down. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Hortense Valpinçon” (1883) 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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