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TitleA Woman Ironing

Creator nameDegas, Edgar

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1873

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions21 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. (54.3 x 39.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436174

Accession number29.100.46

SubjectsImpressionism (Art)--FranceLaundresses in artPainting, French--19th century

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The Question of Finish in the Work of Edgar Degas

Ann Hoenigswald and Kimberly A. Jones

Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 3: Degas

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...

Author

Ann Hoenigswald and Kimberly A. Jones

PublisherNational Gallery of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.20-49

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00206.002

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20198&redirecttoanchor=42384

Chapter subject tags:Painting, French--19th centuryImpressionism (Art)--FrancePainting--Conservation and restoration--France--19th centuryPainting--Technique--France--History--19th centuryDegas, Edgar, 1834-1917

3. The Dislocating Impact of the Commune on the Impressionists

Albert Boime

Art and the French Commune: Imagining Paris after War and Revolution

~First, it is necessary to examine the situation of the various members of the French avant-garde at the time of the establishment of the Commune and their response to it. This in turn cannot be discussed independently of the Franco-Prussian war which immediately preceded the Commune and with which it is inescapably attached. The presence of Prussian...

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Albert Boime

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.46-76

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00021.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19160&redirecttoanchor=42384

Chapter subject tags:Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871Impressionism (Art)--FranceTuileries Palace (Paris, France)Painting, France--19th centuryManet, Édouard, 1832-1883Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871Art--Political aspects--France--19th centuryArt and society--France--History--19th centuryCaricatures and cartoons--France--19th century

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