The Private Collection of Edgar Degas

Gary Tinterow; N. Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York

ISBN 10: 0870997971 / ISBN 13: 9780870997976

Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997

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Synopsis:

This volume represents a reconstruction of Edgar Degas' private collection of over 5000 paintings, drawings and prints. It came to light at his death in 1917 and has long since been dispersed. The collection featured many works by the French 19th-century masters, Delacroix, Ingres and Daumier. It also demonstrated Degas' profound interest in the art of his contemporaries, particularly Manet, Cezanne, Gauguin, van Gogh and Cassatt. Degas' passionate pursuit of the art he admired, his relationships with other artists, his desire to found a museum, and the sale of his work at auction in 1918 as the bombs fell on Paris, are among the topics discussed in 11 accompanying essays.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Private Collection of Edgar Degas
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket