Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Deux danseuses

細節

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Deux danseuses
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
charcoal with traces of pastel on paper
21.7/8 x 14 in. (55.5 x 37.5 cm.)

來源

Estate of the artist; Second sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11-13 December 1918, lot 283 (illustrated, p. 164).

展覽

Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Monet to Matisse: A Century of Art in France from Southern California Collections, June-August 1991.

拍品專文

The figures seen in this drawing are closely related to those in three pastels executed in 1888 (Lemoisne, nos. 942-945). This drawing is probably done early in this sequence; the artist analyzes the anatomy of the figures, who are partially stripped of their skirts, which are fully rendered in the pastels. This pairing of dancers constitutes a successful merging of two opposing figures: the upturned arm of the left-hand dancer is mirrored and inverted in the downturned arm of the right-hand figure; the faces and legs also form a visually pleasing counterpoint. This pairing reappears in Lemoisne, no. 1066 (1890-1895), no. 1223 (1895-1900) and no. 1332 (1898). The dancers also feature individually in Lemoisne, nos. 1224 and 1225 (1895-1900).