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Danseuses aux jupes violettes, bras levés (Female Dancers in Violet Skirts, their Arms Raised) Degas, Edgar (draughtsman)
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Title/s	Danseuses aux jupes violettes, bras levés
Translated title	Female Dancers in Violet Skirts, their Arms Raised
Maker/s	Degas, Edgar (draughtsman) [ULAN info: French artist, 1834-1917]
Category	drawing
Name	drawing
School/Style	French
Technique Description	pastels and black chalk, perhaps with gouache in an essence medium over charcoal on tracing paper, laid down on paper drummed on to a thick cardboard backing
Dimensions	height: 909 mm width: 521 mm
Date	circa 1895 to 1898
Provenance	allocated: H.M. Treasury 1979 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) Durand-Ruel, Frank Thomson, Ann Thomson, Anne Jenyns, R. Soames, Jenyns, Roger G. Jenyns Accepted in lieu of estate duty.
Inscriptions/Marks	signature Position: lower left Method: graphite Content: degas
Documentation	(2005) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum, London: Scala [page: 111]
Material/s	pastels (crayons) (medium) black chalk (medium) gouache (medium) charcoal (medium) tracing paper (support)
Accession Number	PD.2-1979 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) (Reference Number: 6298; Input Date: 2000-05-24 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)
Related Resources	French Impressionists - Online Exhibition Education Resources - Factsheets (pdf)

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Danseuses aux jupes violettes, bras levés (Female Dancers in Violet Skirts, their Arms Raised)

Degas, Edgar (draughtsman)