Degas is best known for his depictions of horses and theatre scenes. He recorded the swift movements and colourful costumes in numerous chalk drawings and pastels. Girls in the ballet studio and in the wings were among his favourite subjects. Around 1880 he began to model in clay. As he said himself, ‘modelling is a way of thinking, just like sketching’.
Specifications
| Title | Two dancers: Harlequin and Colombine |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Charcoal, on yellowish tracing paper |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 231 mm Height 317 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Edgar Degas
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| Accession number | F II 217 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1886-1895 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
De Collectie Twee - wissel IX, Prenten & Tekeningen (2011) De Collectie Twee - wissel VII, Prenten & Tekeningen (2010) |
| External exhibitions |
Vive l' impressionisme! Topstukken uit Nederlandse collecties. (2024) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
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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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