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Self-Portrait with Paul-Albert Bartholomé

Edgar Degas French

ca. 1895–97

Not on view

Degas took great interest in photography in the mid-1890s and enjoyed staging photographic tableaux with friends. Here, he presents himself with the artist Paul-Albert Bartholomé in what is probably Degas’s apartment on the rue Ballu. The walls are lined with works such as Degas’s Monsieur and Madame Édouard Manet in its truncated form, on view elsewhere in this exhibition, and Manet’s Ham and Polichinelle, shown in this gallery.

Self-Portrait with Paul-Albert Bartholomé, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Modern print from a glass negative, French — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Self-Portrait with Paul-Albert Bartholomé

Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)

Date: ca. 1895–97

Culture: French

Medium: Modern print from a glass negative

Dimensions: Image: 3 1/2 × 5 1/16 in. (8.9 × 12.9 cm)
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (9.6 × 13.3 cm)

Classification: Photographs

Credit Line: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris (N-2 [Degas])

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