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Illumined Singer
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SKU
WMET0131
Our Inspiration:The Singer in Green
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Pastel on light blue laid paper, 23 3/4 x 18 1/4 in., ca. 1884
Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960 61.101.7
A sale catalogue of 1898 evocatively described the performer pictured in this pastel: “Skinny and with the graceful moves of a little monkey, she has just sung her ribald verses and, with a gesture that conceals an entreaty behind her smile, is inviting applause.” With her small eyes, high cheeks, and low brow, the model recalls Marie von Goethem, the working-class girl who posed for Degas’s sculpture The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer. The singer’s dress, rendered in vivid yellow, turquoise, and orange, reflects the artist’s experimentation with saturated hues and color contrasts in the mid-1880s.
Our Inspiration:The Singer in Green
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Pastel on light blue laid paper, 23 3/4 x 18 1/4 in., ca. 1884
Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960 61.101.7
A sale catalogue of 1898 evocatively described the performer pictured in this pastel: “Skinny and with the graceful moves of a little monkey, she has just sung her ribald verses and, with a gesture that conceals an entreaty behind her smile, is inviting applause.” With her small eyes, high cheeks, and low brow, the model recalls Marie von Goethem, the working-class girl who posed for Degas’s sculpture The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer. The singer’s dress, rendered in vivid yellow, turquoise, and orange, reflects the artist’s experimentation with saturated hues and color contrasts in the mid-1880s.