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Dancer Onstage

Edgar Degas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A painting titled Dancer Onstage by Edgar Degas depicting a female dancer wearing a short orange and blue tutu with one leg extended backwards and the other bent in front, her arms outstretched. She has long brown hair with blue flowers and a white bodice. The background shows a stage with green and brown hues and another dancer's leg partially visible on the right side. The painting has a yellow border.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1877
Medium:
Gouache over graphite underdrawing on thin wove commercially coated yellow paper, laid down on board
Dimensions:
599 × 473 px
Museum record:
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