Russian Dancer, 1899, Pastel over charcoal on tracing paper, 24 3/8 x 18 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French

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Russian Dancer, 1899, Pastel over charcoal on tracing paper, 24 3/8 x 18 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), In 1899 Degas produced a series of compositions devoted to Russian dancers in which he fused color, line, and interlocking forms to create tapestry-like pictures. Degas called them his 'orgies of color

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