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Edgar Degas

The Dance Lesson

ca. 1879
Pastel and black chalk on three pieces of wove paper, joined together
64.5 × 56.2 cm (25.4 × 22.1 in)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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