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Edgar Degas

Degas: les danseuses, and mind in repose

Posted on March 21, 2011May 23, 2015 by miriam louisa simons

 

Edgar Degas: Danseuses au Repos
Edgar Degas, Danseuses au Repos, circa 1898
78.1 x 63.8 cm

 

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

– Edgar Degas 1834 – 1917


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