Edgar Degas (1834-1917) “Je Ne Comprends Pas, Dit M.Cardinal” (c.1880)
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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
"Je Ne Comprends Pas, Dit M. Cardinal" [c.1880] (from 'La Famille Cardinal')
Limited edition soft ground etching issued 1938 after the original monotype
Printed on a heavy wove paper with a "BFK Rives" watermark
Printed by Auguste Blaizot & Fils
Published by Frazier-Soye
Measures:-
11.5 cm x 15.8 cm (plate)
24.6 cm x 32.3 cm (sheet)
Literature:-
Catalogue Raisonné, Jean Adhémar and Françoise Cachin, "Degas. The Complete Etchings, Lithographs and Monotypes", London, Thames & Hudson, 1986. Number 79.
An illustration by Edgar Degas for 'La Famille Cardinal' written by Ludovic Halévy (1834–1908). Degas created a series of thirty-three 'monotypes', a medium of which he was a master, which were later published as etchings, to illustrate Halévy's story which satirizes the demi-monde life dancers at the Paris Opera.
Additional Information
11401 (AB-219201)
W: 15.8cm (6.2")H: 11.5cm (4.5")
19th Century, Early 20th Century
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