Two Dancers
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)c. 1893–98
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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.
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About this work
Edgar Degas recorded ballet dancers at rest and in motion in a variety of media, producing numerous drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures. The subject enabled Degas to study the movement of the human form and the contortions of the body. In this pastel, the performers wait behind the curtains, in the wings of the stage, and bend at the waist, arms akimbo, in preparation for their next appearance.
- Medium
- Pastel and charcoal, with stumping and burnishing, on tracing paper, pieced and laid down on cardboard
- Original size
- 70.5 × 53.6 cm (27 13/16 × 21 1/8 in.)
Museum record · 5 owners · 2 exhibitions
Provenance
- Estate of the artist; sold, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, May 4-5, 1918, first Degas estate sale, lot 129.
- Trotti, Paris.
- Durand-Ruel, New York.
- Amy McCormick (1880-1939), Chicago, by 1932; by descdent to her husband, Col.
- Robert R. McCormick (1880-1955), Chicago; given to the Art Institute, 1942.
Exhibitions
- 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.
- London, National Gallery, "Degas: Beyond Impressionism," May 22-August 26, 1996, cat. by Richard Kendall; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 28, 1996-January 5, 1997.
