Etching (aquatint) on Arches wove paper, printed by Ambroise Vollard from the plate, ca. 1880 (1939), the final cancelled state. A fine impression of this etching, in very good condition, sheet very slightly worn at edges, wrinkling along top edge, remnant hinge tape verso. Adhémar 31; Delteil 28. Image measures 6.375 x 8.375 inches on a 9.75 x 12.5 inch sheet.
Etchings by Edgar Degas are mainly known from the prints published by Ambroise Vollard after the death of the artist. The legendary art dealer used cancelled plates found in the studio of Degas.
The composition of Loges d'Actrices relates to that of a number of the monotypes Degas made to illustrate Ludovic Halévy's La Famille du Cardinal, two novellas about the fictional Cardinal daughters, Pauline and Virginie, who were ingenue ballet dancers at the Paris Opéra.
Etching (aquatint) on Arches wove paper, printed by Ambroise Vollard from the plate, ca. 1880 (1939), the final cancelled state. A fine impression of this etching, in very good condition, sheet very slightly worn at edges, wrinkling along top edge, remnant hinge tape verso. Adhémar 31; Delteil 28. Image measures 6.375 x 8.375 inches on a 9.75 x 12.5 inch sheet.
Etchings by Edgar Degas are mainly known from the prints published by Ambroise Vollard after the death of the artist. The legendary art dealer used cancelled plates found in the studio of Degas.
The composition of Loges d'Actrices relates to that of a number of the monotypes Degas made to illustrate Ludovic Halévy's La Famille du Cardinal, two novellas about the fictional Cardinal daughters, Pauline and Virginie, who were ingenue ballet dancers at the Paris Opéra.