Degas is best known for his depictions of theatre scenes. He recorded the swift movements and colourful costumes in numerous chalk drawings and pastels. Girls in the ballet studio and in the theatre were among his favourite subjects. This dance position is known as ‘dégagée en quatrième ouverte’.
Specifications
| Title | Study of a Ballet Dancer ’dégagée en quatrième ouverte’ |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 329 mm Width 231 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Edgar Degas
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| Accession number | F II 131 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in 1885 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Impressionisme: Een schone kijk (1992) De Collectie Twee - wissel III, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement (2011) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Edgar Degas
Parijs 1834 - Parijs 1917
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Paris in 1855. He took a number of study trips to Italy and initially painted mainly...
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