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| Wheat Field and Green Hill, c. 1890-1892 Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917 Pastel over monotype in oil colors on paper image: 10 x 13-5/8 in. (25.4 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 10-5/8 x 14-1/8 in. (27.0 x 35.9 cm) The Norton Simon Foundation F.1983.02.2.P © The Norton Simon Foundation Not on View A consummate urbanite who often railed against his Impressionist colleagues for painting landscapes en plein air, Edgar Degas nevertheless turned his focus toward the out-of-doors in the latter part of his career. During a trip to Burgundy in 1890, the artist best known for his images of Parisian dancers and working women began a series of landscape monotypes. Degas made these ethereal, often unrecognizable vistas using a two-step process. First he applied oil paint to a metal plate, wiping paint away and using his fingers to manipulate the image. After running the plate through a press onto wet paper, he worked up the “printed” image with pastel. The result, as in Wheat Field and Green Hill, is an exquisite contrast of textures. Here the printed underlayer of soft yellow sky leaves a hazy glow of pigment punctuated by the dramatic bursts of pastel that define the landscape below. View Provenance |
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