Title: Degas : beyond impressionism /
Authors: Kendall, Richard.; Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917; National Gallery (Great Britain); Art Institute of Chicago
Publisher: National Gallery Publications ; Art Institute of Chicago ; Distributed by Yale University Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Degas, Edgar, Exhibitions.; Degas, Edgar, Criticism and interpretation.
Abstract: "The first publication on Degas's mature work ... presents a new and definitive view of his last decades ... drawings, pastels, oil paintings, and sculptures."--Jacket.
Contents: 17 Rue Victor Masse: Degas's last decades -- Degas and the market-place: the accesibility of the late work -- The metaphor of craft: tradition, draughtsmanship, and the transformation of Degas's technique -- Colour: the late pastels and oil paintings -- An art of renunciation: Degas's changing subject matter -- The street of pictures -- THE CATALOGUES: The years of transition -- Drawing, tracing, and the sequence -- Combing the hair -- Women bathing -- The role of sculpture -- The figure and the landscape.