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Dancer Adjusting Her Shoe
Edgar Degas1885
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Memphis, United States
Details
- Title: Dancer Adjusting Her Shoe
- Creator: Edgar Degas
- Creator Lifespan: 1834 - 1917
- Creator Nationality: French
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Paris, France
- Creator Birth Place: Paris, France
- Date: 1885
- Physical Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches
- Description: Edgar Degas created Dancer Adjusting Her Shoe in the mid-1880s, when he was at the height of his powers. As only one of Degas’s mastery with charcoal and pastel could achieve, the work is a spontaneously executed sketch, but still has the bearing of a fully resolved work of graphic art. The sureness of his hand allowed Degas to capture a young dancer, adjusting her slipper and absently scratching her arm, with all the resolution necessary to give the work its expressive power.
- Provenance: Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo N. Dixon
- Type: Pastels
- Rights: Dixon Gallery and Gardens. For Terms and Conditions for use of this image please contact the Registrar at 901-761-5250.
- Medium: Pastel on paper
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