In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Edgar Degas had a subscription to the Paris opera, where he studied its corps of ballerinas, capturing them in intimate moments backstage—stretching, adjusting their costumes, rubbing their feet. Rather than duplicate the illusion of effortlessness seen onstage, Degas presents ballet as hard, grueling work. For these subjects, he often worked in pastel since the crayon's chalky texture was ideally suited to capturing the light, gauzy fabric of the tutus.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Ballet Dancers
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) — Dancers
Alexandre Lunois (French, 1863–1916) — Le Ballet
Troy Kinney (American, 1871–1938) — Adeline Génee
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Spanish Dancer
Alexandre Lunois (French, 1863–1916) — Ballet Dancers
Pierre Bonnard — Les Danseuses
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Danseuse assise aux bas roses
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — Six Dancers
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901) — Miss Ida Hea
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — At the Cirque Fernando, Rider on
Constantin Guys — Women Dancing in a Brothel
