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Youth in an Attitude of Defense by Edgar Degas — VisualArtsDB

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Youth in an Attitude of Defense

Youth in an Attitude of Defense

Youth in an Attitude of Defense

1859–1860

Medium: Pencil on buff laid paper
Dimensions: 12 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (32.8 × 21 cm) Framed: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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