Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso) by Edgar Degas — Edgar Degas. Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso), ca. 1873. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso)

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Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: ca. 1873
Medium: Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (44.5 x 31.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.1.611

Provenance

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