Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
The Star
INV-6065
Edgar Degas
French, 1834-19171879/81
The Star
Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917 →Impressionismpasteldrawings (visual works)
Date
1879/81
Medium
Pastel on cream wove paper, edge mounted on board
Dimensions
73.3 × 57.4 cm (28 7/8 × 22 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Diego Suarez
The prima ballerina shown in Edgar Degas’s pastel has been identified as the Spanish dancer Rosita Mauri, who moved from Catalonia to Paris and gained fame at the Paris Opéra in the late 1870s.
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