The dancer
Subtitle: Degas, Forain, Toulouse-Lautrec
By: Annette Dixon ; with Mary Weaver Chapin ... [et al.].
Contributors: Chapin, Mary Weaver.; Portland Art Museum (Or.)
Publisher: Portland Art Museum; Distributed by University of Washington Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Portland, OR; Seattle, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781883124274
Subjects: Dance in art -- Exhibitions; Dancers in art -- Exhibitions; Art and society -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions; Art and society -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Art, French -- France -- Paris -- 19th century -- Exhibitions; Art, French -- France -- Paris -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Issued in connection with an exhibition held Feb. 2-May 11, 2008, Portland Art Museum.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-251).
Table of contents: title: Investigations of modernity: the dancer in the work of Degas, Forain, and Toulouse-Lautrec / Annette Dixon; title: In the wings: space and narrative in Degas, Forain, and Toulouse-Lautrec / Richard Kendall; title: Forain at the Opéra: fascinated observer / Florence Valdès-Forain; title: The dancers of Toulouse-Lautrec: public lives and private performances / Mary Weaver Chapin; title: Re-presenting the dance: Degas's inheritance and legacy / Jill Devonyar.