Degas and Other Sketches

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Degas and Other 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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After dinner with his friends, Edgar Degas would often pull out his sketchbook to draw. He also passed it around, allowing others to make quick caricatures on its pages. On this sheet, the composer Ernest Reyer seems to have turned the tables, making the artist himself the subject in his own book. Reyer was a friend of Degas, and he himself appears in other drawings in this book. Ludovic Halévy added the inscription at the bottom: *Degas par [Ernest] Reyer* (Degas by Reyer).

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Artist/Maker
Edgar Degas
subject_of[Homepage].id
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/108E1X
Date
1877
Culture
French
Object Type
Drawing

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Object ID
17b0d50a-4f55-438f-999e-09ba3309e3cd
Object Type
Drawing
  • Getty Museum field “Object Type” · copied as is
Creator
Edgar Degas
  • Getty Museum field “Artist/Maker” · copied as is
Culture
French
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Department
Drawings
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Credit Line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
1877
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Begin Year
1877
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End Year
1877
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