Sketches of a Café Singer

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Sketches of a Café Singer

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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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Date: 1877
Medium: Drawing
Culture: French
Department: Drawings
Institution: Getty Museum

Fascinated by the women who entertained nightly in *café-concerts* , Edgar Degas filled many pages of his sketchbook with quick sketches of them. Here three rapid drawings cover one side of the sheet. From top to bottom, Degas experimented with drawing a singer's profile, head, and upper body holding a fan. At the top, another sketch of a face has been begun and then abandoned.

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