Original etching by famed Impressionist artist, Edgar Degas – “Danseuse Mettant Son Chausson,” c. 1892.
Though he rejected the label, Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) significantly contributed to Impressionism with his expressive paintings of modern Paris—its ballet studios, in particular. He exhibited widely in Paris throughout his career, participating in numerous Impressionist exhibitions in the city. His work belongs in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée d’Orsay, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Phillips Collection, the Guggenheim Museum, the National Gallery, London, and many more. In 2008, Degas’s Danseuse au repos (ca. 1879) sold for a record-breaking $37 million.