Dancer Onstage — Edgar Degas | DiscoverArt

Dancer Onstage

ca. 1877

Gouache over graphite underdrawing on thin wove commercially coated yellow paper, laid down on board

17.1 × 21.3 cm (6.7 × 8.4 in)

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