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Degas ballerina sketch- I just wonder what these three young ballerinas are thinking about.  I love the bits of white charcoal to make the drawing 'pop'. Degas Drawings, Ballerina Sketch, Degas Ballerina, Degas Dancers, Conte Crayon, Drawing Hands, Master Drawing, Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro

One of Degas' principal concerns as a draftsman was analyzing the movements and gestures of the female body. The three studies on this sheet depict the teenage dancer Marie van Goethem and were produced in preparation for the celebrated wax sculpture Little Dancer, Fourteen Years Old. The sculpture was briefly exhibited at the 1881 Salon, where the artist's inclusion of a wig and a fabric bodice and skirt caused a sensation. Degas made numerous studies of Marie between 1878 and 1880.

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Violinist, Study for "The Dance Lesson" / Edgar Degas  / ca. 1878–79 / Pastel and charcoal on green wove paper; squared for transfer in charcoal; letterpress printing on verso Mary Cassatt, Edouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Violinist, Chiaroscuro, Rembrandt

Inscription: Verso, blue pencil, lower right corner: Ph 1017 / 2370Marking: Stamped in red ink, lower left: mark of the Degas estate sale (Lugt 658); stamped in red ink on the verso, lower right, with the mark of the Degas atelier (Lugt 657); stamped in brown ink, lower center, with the mark of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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