The Star
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)1879/81
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Materials & printing
Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
Shipping & returns
Made to order and delivered in 5–8 business days (2–4 to print, 3–4 in transit). US shipping only for now. Because each print is made for your order, all sales are final — but if it arrives damaged or defective, send us a photo within 14 days and we’ll replace it free. Full policy.
Why is it this affordable?
A thin, flat margin on every piece — just enough to keep the store running. Most of what you pay is the print itself. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
About this work
The prima ballerina shown in Edgar Degas’s pastel has been identified as the Spanish dancer Rosita Mauri, who moved from Catalonia to Paris and gained fame at the Paris Opéra in the late 1870s.
- Medium
- Pastel on cream wove paper, edge mounted on board
- Original size
- 73.3 × 57.4 cm (28 7/8 × 22 5/8 in.)
Museum record · 5 owners · 11 exhibitions
Provenance
- Private collection, Paris,; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 1919, lot 76.
- Roger G. Gompel, by 1924-at least 1937.
- Cesar de Hauke, New York.
- Jacques Seligmann and Company, New York.
- Mr. and Mrs. Diego Suarez, New York, by 1939; bequeathed by Mrs Diego Suarez to the Art Institute, 1980.
Exhibitions
- Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, "Degas," April 12-May 2, 1924.
- Paris, Bernheim-Jeune and Co., "Cent ans de Théâtre," May 1936.
- Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, "Degas," March-April 1937.
- New York, Carroll Carstairs, "The 1870s in France," 1938.
- New York, Jacques Seligmann Gallery, "The Stage," April 3-22, 1939.
- New York, "Masterpieces of Art: Exhibition at the New York’s World’s Fair," 1939.
- The Cleveland Museum of Art, "Works by Edgar Degas," February 5-March 9, 1947.
- New York, Wildenstein and Company, "A Loan Exhibition of Degas for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary," 1949.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Exhibition of Works by Edgar Degas," 1958.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Degas in The Art Institute of Chicago," July 19-September 23, 1984, cat. by Richard R. Brettell and Suzanne Folds McCullagh.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Degas: At the Track, On the Stage", July 1, 2015-February 26, 2016, no cat.
