Degas said, "People call me painter of dansing girls. It has never occurred to them that my chief interest in dancers lies in rendering movement and in painting prety clothes."
c.1878,
60 x 44 cm,
Pastel / Monotype
Links to overviews and more information on Degas's The Star:
"Edgar Degas described his model's features and gesture precisely, allowing us to identify her as Rosita Mauri, a popular young ballerina who made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1878. The receding lines of" ... more
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