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Degas and the Dance
October 2002–May 2003
This major exhibition, curated by Richard Kendall and Jill DeVonyar, provided an in-depth examination of Edgar Degas's (1834–1917) involvement with the theme of the dance, a subject to which he devoted the majority of his oeuvre. In addition to approximately 140 works by Degas, the exhibition included materials such as costume and stage designs from Paris Opéra productions, as well as photographs of dancers the artist knew to situate his images of dance within the historical context of the nineteenth-century ballet. Degas and the Dance explored the stylistic and conceptual evolution of the artist's treatment of the ballet—from the early realism of 1860s, to documentary work of the 1870s, to the more evocative work of the 1880s, into the expressiveness of the 1890s. Exhibition Itinerary: Detroit Institute of Arts (October 20, 2002–January 12, 2003) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (February 16–May 11, 2003). The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. |
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