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Le foyer de la danse à l'Opéra de la rue Le Peletier (Ballet studio at the Opera in rue Le Peletier), 1872 | ||||
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Details | Description | |||
Artist | EDGAR DEGAS | Manet Renoir and Degas were all captivated by the theatre. They loved to observe the skills and artifice of performance. But Degas’ special preserve was ballet. He could catch in a few decisive strokes the muscular effort and contortions that the “small female monkeys”, as Goncourt called the young dancers, went through. | ||
Date | 1872 | |||
Institution | Musée d'Orsay | |||
Medium | Oil on canvas | |||
Dimensions | 32 × 46 cm | |||