Six Degas Ballet Dancers Cards

Six masterly studies by great French painter, painstakingly reproduced in postcard form: The Dance Examination, The Dance Class, Dancer in a Rose Dress, The Rehearsal, 2 more. Captions.

Forty-one full-page, six half-page drawings depict dancers on stage, in the classroom, and at rehearsals. Charming, spirited views of dancers pirouetting, executing grand battements and ports de bras, practicing at the barre, and more.

Edgar Degas' images of ballet dancers and women lost in thought and free from conscious restraint are brought to life in this text, which rejects some classical interpretations and illustrates the novelty of Degas' style.

He addressed the routine of the practice room, the drabness of backstage life, the moment of transformation as performers left or entered the stage, and the squalid, amorous adventures between the ballerinas and the black-suited, top-hatted, and often sinister gentlemen who sought their favors after a performance.

Provides a simple introduction to French artist Edgar Degas and his pastel paintings of ballerinas.

This vividly colored giftwrap, comprising an amazing 89 images from Degas' much-loved scenes of ballet performers, will add a graceful note to any occasion for gift-giving. Two full-color 18" x 24" sheets of the same design come with 3 matching gift cards. Shrink-wrapped in a sturdy 9�" x 12�" folder.

First-rate reproductions of "The Orchestra of the Opera," "The Dancer's Dressing Room," "At the Races," "Women Ironing," "La Chanson du Chien," "The Tub," "Beach Scene" and many more. 24 cards. "