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Edgar Degas

Six Friends at Dieppe, 1885

Description

Maker

  • Edgar Degas, 1834-1917, French

Title

Six Friends at Dieppe

Year

1885

Medium

Pastel on paper (now yellowed) mounted to fabric

Dimensions

114.9 x 71.1 cm (45 1/4 x 28 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in LL:Degas

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

31.320

Projects & Publications

Publications

Sickert in Dieppe

A Fragile Modernism

Whistler and his Impressionist Followers

Edgar Degas

Six Friends At Dieppe

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Selection V

French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

Degas et son oeuvre

A Note on Degas

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Inventing Impressionism

October 21, 2016 - June 11, 2017

Degas created this unusually large group portrait while vacationing with friends on France’s Northern coast. The drawing was executed on a single sheet of rough, fibrous paper with a “tooth” (or texture) that held the powdery material of his pastel crayon in place. Using a technique that he developed alongside Mary Cassatt, Degas sketched dense parallel and perpendicular strokes in contrasting warm and cool colors to create a sense of depth. He allowed the brown color of the paper—which has darkened over time—to remain visible, giving the image a striking, warm tone.

Edgar Degas

September 16, 2005 - January 15, 2006

Selection V

April 29 - May 25, 1975

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