
About the work
The Ballet is a pastel on light tan paper mounted on board by Edgar Degas, dated c. 1880. Edgar Degas (1834–1917) showed with the Impressionists but called himself a realist. He is known for dancers, bathers, racecourses and café scenes seen from unusual angles, in oil, pastel, monotype and print. The original is in the collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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