Edgar Degas
Subtitle: drawings and pastels
By: Christopher Lloyd
Contributors: Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917, artist; J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781606063279
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: Arranged chronologically, presents over 230 of the French artist's drawings and pastels, looking at his stylistic evolution and placing his works in the cultural context of his time.
Notes: "Published simultaneously in the United Kingdom by Thames & Hudson Ltd."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-315) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings 1853-1855; title: Italy 1856-1859; title: History paintings 1860-1865; title: Changing directions 1865-1870; title: Confronting the modern world 1870-1879; title: Retreat into the studio 1880-1890; title: Landscape drawings; title: 'The Dying of the Light' 1890-c. 1912.