Dancer at Rest — About This Work
Edgar Degas, c. 1895
About the Work
The dancer sits with one leg extended and her head resting on her hand. Degas uses dark, hazy charcoal against the beige paper, concentrating the strongest modelling around the figure’s face and torso.
Rather than presenting ballet as spectacle, the drawing catches an unguarded interval of rest. That interest in rehearsal, fatigue and offstage movement runs through much of Degas’s work on dancers.
The complete sheet measures 32.9 × 42.5 cm. At Original Scale in the 40 × 50 cm frame, the figure keeps its intimate physical presence and the surrounding paper remains part of the composition.
The Work
Artist: Edgar Degas
Title: Dancer at Rest
Date: c. 1895
Medium: Charcoal drawing
Recorded dimensions: 32.9 × 42.5 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1924.329
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 40 × 50 cm Classic Frame, portrait.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; or Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
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