The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 4 (1971)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 4

"The Technical Aspects of Degas's Art"

Reff, Theodore

1971

26 pages

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Theodore Reff

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Sulking, Edgar Degas French, Oil on canvas — Sulking
Edgar Degas
ca. 1870

Woman Having Her Hair Combed, Edgar Degas French, Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount — Woman Having Her Hair Combed
Edgar Degas
ca. 1886–88

The Rehearsal Onstage, Edgar Degas French, Pastel over brush-and-ink drawing on thin cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas — The Rehearsal Onstage
Edgar Degas
ca. 1874

Dancers Practicing at the Barre, Edgar Degas French, Mixed media on canvas — Dancers Practicing at the Barre
Edgar Degas
1877

Woman on a Sofa, Edgar Degas French, Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with touches of pastel, over graphite underdrawing, on pink paper — Woman on a Sofa
Edgar Degas
1875

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, Edgar Degas French, Partially tinted bronze, cotton tarlatan, silk satin, and wood, French, Paris — The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer
Edgar Degas
1922 (cast), 2018 (tutu)

The Tub, Edgar Degas French, Bronze, French — The Tub
Edgar Degas
modeled 1888–89, cast 1920

The Apple Pickers, Edgar Degas French, Bronze, French — The Apple Pickers
Edgar Degas
modeled ca. 1881–83, cast 1920

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, Edgar Degas French, Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas — The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage
Edgar Degas
ca. 1874

Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room, Edgar Degas French, Aquatint, drypoint, and scraping on laid paper; only state — Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room
Edgar Degas
1877–78

Head of a Woman in Profile

Edgar Degas

1879–80

Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris, Edgar Degas French, Lithograph; only state — Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris
Edgar Degas
1877–78

The Fireside, Edgar Degas French, Monotype in black ink on white heavy laid paper — The Fireside
Edgar Degas
ca. 1876–77

Leaving the Bath, Edgar Degas French, Drypoint and aquatint on laid paper; twelfth state of twenty-two, or more states — Leaving the Bath
Edgar Degas
1879–80