Edgar Degas: Waiting (Getty Museum Studies on Art)
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From the Back Cover Edgar Degas was one of the great pioneers of modern art, and the J. Paul Getty and Norton Simon museums are fortunate to own jointly one of his finest pastels, Waiting (L'Attente), which he made sometime between 1880 and 1882, about midway in his career. In this fascinating monograph, author Richard Thomson explores this brilliant work in detail, revealing both the intricacies of its composition and the source of the emotional pull it immediately exerts upon the viewer. For Waiting is, indeed, an extraordinary object both in its craftsmanship and color and, perhaps most especially, in its aura of ambiguity and even mystery. Read more About the Author Richard Thomson is senior lecturer in art history at the University of Manchester in England. Read more
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Reviews
I have a theory that since Degas used tracing paper in correcting or changing direction of his "articles" - the word Degas used and Thomson uses for Degas' work, that he used a drawing on tracing paper of Melina Darde, the ballerina, and placed her to left of the dance studio visitor. i think that because she just doesn't look properly aligned on the bench.But, I think it's unlikely, given Thomson's description of how it was drawn on buff paper.It's a scholarly work, with telling Degas quotes, such as one about the floorboards in "Waiting". "Draw a straight line askew, as long as it appears to be straight."
