Description: The Star: Dancer on Pointe By Edgar Degas. Corners a bit bent "Like this dancer, Degas’s pictures of the ballet hover precariously between the magic of the footlights and the realities of life backstage. We watch this performance in close-up, either through a pair of opera glasses or from the wings, to which Degas, an elite subscriber at the Paris Opéra, enjoyed access. The dancer’s pose—a piqué en attitude—cannot be sustained for more than a second or two at a time; this fact may explain the confused relationship between her legs and torso, which Degas joined with an awkward puff of tulle beneath her tutu. His model for this figure was Melina Darde, a teenaged member of the corps de ballet, transformed, by the artist’s imagination, into a glimmering, gas-lit star." Text obtained from NortonSimon.org on 3-18-2013
Price: 9.95 USD
Location: Canoga Park, California
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Edgar Degas
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Image Orientation: Landscape
Signed: No
Material: Gouache and pastel on paper, mounted on board
Item Length: 12 in
Region of Origin: Paris, France
Framing: Unframed
Subject: Stars
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1878
Theme: Art
Style: Impressionism
Production Technique: Giclée Print
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: French
Item Width: 10 in
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
