Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Three Studies of a Dancer in Fourth Position
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Edgar Degas
French, 1834-19171879/80
Three Studies of a Dancer in Fourth Position
Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917 →pasteldrawings (visual works)
Date
1879/80
Medium
Charcoal and pastel with stumping, and touches of brush and black wash, on grayish-tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on gray wove paper
Dimensions
48 × 61.6 cm (18 15/16 × 24 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Adele R. Levy
Made in preparation for the sculpture Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, this remarkable drawing depicts the model Marie van Goethem from three different perspectives: left profile, right profile, and facing the viewer. Edgar Degas wanted to understand the figure in the round, in two dimensions, before he approached the sculpture in three dimensions.
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