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DEGAS, Edgar: Studies for Portraits in a Frieze

🖼 Studies for Portraits in a Frieze, 1879
Oil, distemper, and pastel
50 × 65 cm

Pastel sketches capture five female profiles arranged horizontally, rendered with loose, gestural strokes and subtle tonal gradations. Degas's preparatory studies reveal his innovative approach to composition and his keen psychological observation of contemporary Parisian society.

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E. H. Gombrich
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