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  • Title: Young Woman in Blue
  • Creator Lifespan: 1834 - 1917
  • Creator Nationality: French
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Date Created: about 1884
  • Type: drawings
  • Rights: Delavan Smith Fund
  • External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/10098
  • Medium: pastel over charcoal on buff paper
  • wall label: This unusual perspective on a woman with arms crossed behind her back is typical of the unorthodox vantage points favored by Degas. His subject is believed to be an impatient young saleswoman whom he observed in a Parisian hat shop. The ingenious articulation of her shoulders and arms demonstrates his unerring draftsmanship, while the lustrous blue of the woman's bodice reflects the artist's deft use of pastel. Though Degas often exhibited with the Impressionists and shared their interest in spontaneity, he was not attracted to their practice of rapid painting out of doors.
  • measurements: 25 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.
  • Artist: Degas, Edgar

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