Landscape

ca. 1877–79

Not on view

Relatively early in his experimentation with the monotype process, Degas produced a small group of black-and-white landscapes in which he explored the variety of textural effects achievable through the manipulation of ink on an unincised plate. This example of a windswept hillside with its clump of trees or shrubs at center and the dramatic striations of rain across the upper left, directly references Rembrandt, whose work Degas greatly admired, specifically one of his most famous prints "The Three Trees" (29.107.31).

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Title: Landscape
Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: ca. 1877–79
Medium: Monotype
Dimensions: Plate: 6 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. (16.1 × 21.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, The Derald H. Ruttenberg Foundation Gift, 2024
Object Number: 2024.387
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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