Edgar Degas
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, ca. 1874
Oil colors mixed with turpentine, watercolor and pastel over pen and ink on paper
Paris
€98,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Public Domain
- Medium
- Pastel on gray-green laid paper
- Dimensions
- 61 × 41.9 cm
- Category
- Drawing
- Location
- Paris
- Availability
- For sale
€76,000
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About the work
A seated dancer holds a fan in this luminous pastel, where Degas builds form from layered strokes of color. The toned paper unifies the composition's soft tonalities.
ImpressionismBallet
