Abstract Lines

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Abstract Lines

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

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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