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List of illustrations

  • Untitled (Self-Portrait in Library)
  • Partial copy of Raphael's Small Holy Family of Francis I
  • Copy of Ingres's Baigneuse Valpinçon
  • Self-Portrait
  • Family Portrait (The Bellelli Family)
  • The Daughter of Jephthah
  • Study for The Daughter of Jephthah
  • Young Woman Asleep
  • Portrait of Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source
  • Study of Nudes for Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source
  • Ballet Rehearsal on the Stage
  • The Ironer
  • Rehearsal of the Ballet
  • The Ballet Master
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
  • Rocky Coast
  • Rocky Coast
  • Woman Seated, Wiping Her Left Side
  • Woman Viewed from Behind (Visit to a Museum)
  • Alexander and Bucephalus
  • Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey
  • Head of the Fallen Jockey (Study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")
  • Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey," infrared reflectogram (1100–1400 nm)
  • A Woman Ironing
  • Woman Ironing
  • Woman Ironing, detail, infrared reflectogram (1500–1750 nm)
  • Woman Ironing, detail, infrared reflectogram (1500–1750 nm)
  • Achille De Gas in the Uniform of a Cadet
  • Mademoiselle Malot
  • Mademoiselle Malot, detail
  • The Races
  • The Riders
  • Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli
  • Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, detail
  • Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, detail
  • Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, detail
  • Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, infrared reflectogram (1400–1750 nm)
  • Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, infrared reflectogram (1400–1750 nm)
  • Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, detail, x-radiograph
  • Drapery Study for the Duchesse de Morbilli
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
  • Horse at a Trough
  • Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms
  • Fourth Position Front, on the Left Leg
  • Dancer Fastening the String of Her Tights
  • Dancer Fastening the String of Her Tights
  • Advertisement for Plasteïne
  • Commercially available armatures
  • Dancer at Rest, Hands on Her Hips, Left Leg Forward, x-radiograph
  • Advertisement for Wire Skeletons
  • Dancer in the Role of Harlequin, x-radiograph
  • Horse with Head Lowered, x-radiograph
  • Dancer in the Role of Harlequin
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, photomicrograph of sample of colored wax
  • Study in the Nude of a Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, UV photograph
  • Woman Washing Her Left Leg
  • Woman Arranging Her Hair
  • Dancer Holding Her Right Foot in Her Right Hand, x-radiograph
  • The Tub
  • Woman Arranging Her Hair
  • Woman Arranging Her Hair
  • Albino Palazzolo (seated on right) and workers from the Hébrard Foundry
  • Albino Palazzolo (right) and Jean Adhémar (left) with Edgar Degas's, Dancer, Fourth Position Front, on the Left Leg
  • Arabesque over Right Leg, Left Arm in Line, detail
  • The Tub, detail
  • Pregnant Woman, detail
  • Horse Walking, detail
  • Horse at a Trough, detail
  • Dancer Bowing (the Curtain Call), detail
  • Dancer Bowing (the Curtain Call), detail
  • Study in the Nude for the Dressed Ballet Dancer, detail
  • Arabesque over Right Leg, Left Arm in Line, detail
  • Dancer Adjusting the Shoulder Strap of Her Bodice, computer models of three sculptures
  • Dancer Adjusting the Shoulder Strap of Her Bodice, cross sections at the waist taken from the computer models of three sculptures
  • The Tub
  • The Tub, modèle
  • The Tub, set "R"
  • The Tub, set "A
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
  • Thoroughbred Horse Walking, detail
  • Thoroughbred Horse Walking, detail
  • Thoroughbred Horse Walking, detail
  • Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot
  • Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot, detail
  • Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot, detail
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, detail
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, detail
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, detail
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, detail
  • Jockey with Cap, detail
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, detail
  • Ballet Scene
  • Quatre Danseuses Nues
  • Deux Danseuses Debout Étude
  • Groupe de Trois Danseuses Debout
  • Dancers, Entrance on Stage
  • Dancers, Entrance on Stage, detail
  • Dancers, Entrance on Stage, detail, infrared image
  • Ballet Scene, detail
  • Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
  • Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
  • Ballet Scene, detail
  • Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
  • Ballet Scene, near-infrared RIS
  • Ballet Scene, RTI
  • Ballet Scene, representative FTIR spectrum of pigment sample
  • Ballet Scene, detail
  • Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
  • Ballet Scene, detail
  • Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
  • Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
  • Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
  • Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
  • Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
  • Ballet Scene, detail
  • Ballet Scene, detail
  • Ballet Scene, detail, RIS map
  • Ballet Scene, detail, endmember spectra
  • Ballet Scene, detail
  • Ballet Scene, detail, chromium mXRF map
  • Ballet Scene, detail, mercury mXRF map
  • Ballet Scene, detail, iron mXRF map
  • Study for Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery
  • Study for In the Opera Box (No. 3)
  • Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery
  • In the Opera Box (No. 3)
  • At the Louvre (Miss Cassatt)
  • Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery
  • Study for Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery, verso
  • In the Opera Box (No. 2)
  • Study for In the Opera Box (No. 3)
  • Study for "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery," detail in specular light
  • Study for In the Opera Box (No. 3), detail in raking light
  • In the Opera Box (No. 3), detail
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
  • Untitled (Self-Portrait in Library)
  • Sonnet on a little dancer
  • Gavroche
  • Ballet Dancers
  • The Ballet Master
  • A Companion of Diana
  • Marie Taglioni in "La Sylphide
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, detail
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, detail, x-radiograph
  • La Place Pigalle en 1878
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, detail
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Woman Holding an Apple
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
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The National Gallery of Art has the third largest collection of sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by Edgar Degas (1834–1917) in the world, making the dedication of this volume of Facture to his oeuvre...
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Essays
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As this volume of Facture demonstrates so vividly, much of Edgar Degas’s (1834–1917) art emerged from a willed engagement with technical complexity and the difficulties it presented...
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The issue of what constitutes a finished work of art in the modern era is one that scholars have been grappling with for some time...
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Description: Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 3: Degas
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) expressed his artistic creativity in many media, as is well exemplified by articles in this volume...
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Description: Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 3: Degas
When Edgar Degas (1834–1917) died in September 1917, his art was left scattered throughout the three floors of his apartment and studio...
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Description: Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 3: Degas
The National Gallery of Art has the world’s third largest collection of works by Edgar Degas (1834–1917), comprising sculptures, prints, drawings, paintings, printing plates, and a bound volume...
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In Focus
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In 1879–1880, Edgar Degas (1834–1917) and Mary Cassatt (1845–1926) worked closely on etchings for the first issue of the unrealized journal...
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