An Album of Pencil Sketches

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An Album of Pencil Sketches

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Edgar Degas

French Photographer · 1834–1917

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> No art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament . . . I know nothing. > > --Edgar Germaine Hilaire Degas From a wealthy Parisian family, Degas devoted himself exclusively to painting without needing to sell a canvas. His training was conventional: he spent five years in Italy, studied the O

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In 1877 Edgar Degas attended weekly soirées at the home of his friend Ludovic Halévy, a writer of opera librettos and popular romances. At these gatherings, Degas drew portraits of his friends and made studies for his own work. He quickly filled this sketchbook with drawings that show his preoccupation with a variety of theatrical themes, including the *café-concert* and the ballet. When he completed the sketchbook, Degas presented it to his friend, who shared his passion for theater and music. Halévy later added inscriptions to many of the pages--a useful addition for scholars, as they distinguish Degas's contributions from those by other friends who occasionally drew in the book. Halévy inscribed the date 1877 and the words *Croquis de Degas* (Degas's Sketchbook) on the book's cover. During his lifetime, Degas filled thirty-eight sketchbooks, using them for a variety of purposes: recording the appearance of a work of art he admired or a person he observed, visualizing a fictional scene he had read, or experimenting with a new idea. For scholars, this important collection of reliably dated documents provides first-hand information on aspects of his working methods.

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Artist/Maker
Edgar Degas
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103R90
Date
about 1877
Medium
Pencil, on heavy wove paper
Culture
French
Object Type
Book

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The back cover of a book titled 'Croquis de Degas' dated 1871.

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Object Type
Book
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Creator
Edgar Degas
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Culture
French
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Medium
Pencil, on heavy wove paper
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Department
Drawings
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The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
about 1877
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Begin Year
1877
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1877
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