Art Institute of Chicago
The Star
Edgar Degas
- Date
- 1879/81
- Medium
- Pastel on cream wove paper, edge mounted on board
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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.
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