Two Dancers
Marie van Goethem, who posed for Degas's sculpture The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, was the model for these two fine studies of a dancer adjusting her shoulder strap. Degas often used commercially coated paper for his drawings of dancers; this sheet retains its original color.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Dancers
- Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1879
- Medium: Charcoal and white chalk on green commercially coated wove paper
- Dimensions: 25 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. (63.8 x 48.9 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.100.189
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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