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Abstract Lines

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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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As part of a sketchbook that served a purely private function, some of the pages combine an interesting variety of complex sketches and simple doodles. Edgar Degas never developed the geometric figures on this page into anything of significance.

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https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/person/8b37c957-95e3-4a45-b819-50e0bcc226d8
Artist/Maker
Edgar Degas
subject_of[Homepage].id
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/108E1Q
Date
about 1877
Culture
French
Object Type
Drawing

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Object ID
dfa3261e-65fa-4ea1-a575-a08ee89f32e2
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
  • Getty Museum field “Department” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Getty's classification category is stored as department.
Credit Line
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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End Year
1877
  • Getty Museum field “produced_by.timespan.end_of_the_end” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field

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