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New Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Back to main page for this exhibition Back to images from this exhibition Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) The Dance Lesson, ca. 1879 Pastel and black chalk on three pieces of wove paper, joined together; 25 3/8 x 22 1/8 in. (64.5 x 56.2 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Adaline Havemeyer Perkins, in memory of her father, Horace Havemeyer, 1971 (1971.185) See the Collection Database to learn more about this artwork.

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