Album of Forty-five Figure Studies
Edgar Degas
ca. 1882–85
Medium
Black chalk on thin, eggshell paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 5/8 in. (26.8 x 21.9cm)
Classification
Albums|Drawings|Sketchbooks
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1973
Accession Number
1973.9
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Female Nudes
About the Artist
Edgar Degas · 1834–1917
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) stands as one of the most innovative artists of the nineteenth century, whose distinctive vision transformed how modern life could be depicted on canvas. Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas in Paris to a wealthy banking family—his father French, his mother a Louisiana Creole from New Orleans—Degas received a classical education before abandoning law studies in 1855 to pursue ...