Catalog accompanying an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, May 22-Aug. 26, 1996 and at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 28, 1996-Jan. 5, 1997.
Catalog accompanying an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, May 22-Aug. 26, 1996 and at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 28, 1996-Jan. 5, 1997 Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317) and index
Contents:
17 Rue Victor Masse: Degas's last decades Degas and the market-place: the accesibility of the late work The metaphor of craft: tradition, draughtsmanship, and the transformation of Degas's technique Colour: the late pastels and oil paintings An art of renunciation: Degas's changing subject matter The street of pictures THE CATALOGUES: The years of transition Drawing, tracing, and the sequence Combing the hair Women bathing The role of sculpture The figure and the landscape
