Self-Portrait — About This Work
Edgar Degas, 1857
About the Work
In this etching and drypoint, the young Degas faces the viewer wearing a hat and coat.
Layers of crosshatching and careful plate wiping build atmospheric shadow around the intensely observed eyes.
The Cleveland impression is state III of IV, dedicated to Paul Albert Bartholomé; plate and sheet dimensions differ.
The Work
Artist: Edgar Degas
Title: Self-Portrait
Date: 1857
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Recorded dimensions: 22.6 × 31.5 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 2004.87
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 30 × 40 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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