Frieze of Dancers
c. 1895
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Frieze of Dancers, c. 1895. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Oil on fabric; framed: 103 x 233.5 x 7 cm (40 9/16 x 91 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 70 x 200.5 cm (27 9/16 x 78 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1946.83 The ballet is a subject Degas returned to again and again over the course of his career. Rather than public performances, he often depicted dancers behind the curtain, practicing, waiting, or, as in this painting, lacing up their shoes.
- Maker/Artist
- Degas, Edgar
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 103 x 233.5 x 7 cm (40 9/16 x 91 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 70 x 200.5 cm (27 9/16 x 78 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed in lower right: Degas
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1946.83
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition of the Month: Art is Long, Art: The International Language, In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., "Masterpieces" Memorial Exhibition of Adele R. Levy, Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960, Degas: Beyond Impressionism, Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement, Masterworks from The Phillips Collection, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, Artlens Exhibition 2017, <em>Degas</em>. Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, France (1937)., <em>Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst.</em> Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1938)., Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (October 1941-October 1942)., <em>Works by Edgar Degas</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 5 to March 9, 1947).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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