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| Dancers in Pink, c. 1886 Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917 Pastel on paper, mounted on cardboard 28-1/2 x 15-1/4 in. (72.4 x 38.7 cm) The Norton Simon Foundation F.1969.05.1.P © The Norton Simon Foundation On view This picture is a pure pastel, whose range of textures—from gleaming silk to airy tulle to powdery, gas-lit flesh—Degas seems to have achieved without wetting or mixing media. Two corps de ballet dancers, peculiarly anonymous in their matching costumes and poses, turn “upstage,” away from an imaginary audience beyond the picture plane. Although these women might at first seem caught unawares, like Degas’s many bathers, the elegant artifice of their movements and attire reminds us that this is a performance staged for our enjoyment. View Provenance |
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