Study of a Nude (Dancer at the Barre)
This large-scale drawing dates to Degas’s late career when he made many variations of his compositions using charcoal on tracing paper. This figure of a dancer stretching over her leg on the barre appears in at least five other drawings, all of which relate to the painting "Dancers at the Barre" (early 1880s–ca.1900) in the Phillips Collection, Washington. Often Degas worked up these variants in pastel, though in this case he left the bold lines of charcoal bare, revealing his reworking of the form.
Artwork Details
- Title: Study of a Nude (Dancer at the Barre)
- Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
- Date: 1884–1900
- Medium: Charcoal on tracing paper laid down on card
- Dimensions: Sheet: 42 5/16 × 29 1/8 in. (107.5 × 74 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of the Drue Heinz Charitable Trust, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.598
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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