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Artist: Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
Alternative names: Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas
French painter and sculptor
Work location: Paris
Title: Two Dancers
Object type: Painting
Description: This pastel shows two dancers preparing for their performance. Their gestures indicate that they are adjusting their earrings and coiffures. Degas has limited his palette to two colours: pink and blue-green. As so often in his work, he chose to focus on the dancers’ movements and poses – their bodies rather than the girls as individuals. This pastel is part of a series of pictures based on photographs Degas took in his studio in Montmartre.
Date: Unknown date
Medium: Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard. Sketching beneath in charcoal
Dimensions: Height: 63.5 cm (25 in). Width: 53 cm (20.9 in).
Framed: Height: 72 cm (28.3 in). Width: 62 cm (24.4 in). Depth: 5 cm (2 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: Degas
SKU: 273245
