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Edgar Degas

Before the Race

c. 1887–89
pastel with charcoal underdrawing on tracing paper mounted on cardboard

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When creating the series to which this pastel belongs, Edgar Degas was inspired by the 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who attempted to record motion in static images.

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