Frieze of Dancers

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1946.83

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CMA_.1946.83

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Paintings

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Paintings

Object Type

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Creator Name:

Degas, Edgar Germain Hilaire

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Degas, Edgar Germain Hilaire

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

European; French

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European; French

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

artist

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artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1834 - 1917

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1834 - 1917

Creator Dates/Places

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Gender:

M

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M

Gender

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Creator Name-CRT:

Edgar Degas

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Edgar Degas

Creator Name-CRT

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Title:

Frieze of Dancers

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Frieze of Dancers

Title

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Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

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Creation Date:

c. 1895

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c. 1895

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

1893

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1893

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1897

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1897

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

oil on canvas

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oil on canvas

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

Unframed: 70cm x 200.5cm

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Unframed: 70cm x 200.5cm

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

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Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1946.83

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1946.83

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Gift of the Hanna Fund

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Gift of the Hanna Fund

Credit Line

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Inscriptions:

signed lower right: Degas

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signed lower right: Degas

Inscriptions

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Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

This painting probably depicts a single dancer seen from four different viewpoints. The young woman is placed in an undefined setting, surrounded by mere wisps of color, applied so spontaneously that the paint ran and dripped. Degas even added the circles in the foreground with his thumb. Such audacity, while acceptable in a small sketch, must have shocked the artist's contemporaries when presented on a six-foot canvas. Equally radical is the idea of combining multiple views of a single figure, an approach that violated the traditional notion that a painting must represent a unity of time, place, and viewpoint. Degas's unusual presentation may have been inspired by the work of British photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904)

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This painting probably depicts a single dancer seen from four different viewpoints. The young woman is placed in an undefined setting, surrounded by mere wisps of color, applied so spontaneously that the paint ran and dripped. Degas even added the circles in the foreground with his thumb. Such audacity, while acceptable in a small sketch, must have shocked the artist's contemporaries when presented on a six-foot canvas. Equally radical is the idea of combining multiple views of a single figure, an approach that violated the traditional notion that a painting must represent a unity of time, place, and viewpoint. Degas's unusual presentation may have been inspired by the work of British photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904)

Context

false

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