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Dancer Onstage by Edgar Degas — VisualArtsDB

Dancer Onstage

Dancer Onstage

1872–1882

Medium: Gouache over graphite underdrawing on thin wove commercially coated yellow paper, laid down on board
Dimensions: Paper 6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (17.1 x 21.3 cm); board 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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European Paintings

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