Dance in Art

Dancer Turning

Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917

Medium:

Charcoal, heightened with white chalk, with stumping, on pinkish-gray laid paper with blue fibers (discolored to brownish-gray)

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Source:

aic

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

Dancer Turning, by Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917, is a public-domain charcoal, heightened with white chalk, with stumping, on pinkish-gray laid paper with blue fibers (discolored to brownish-gray) in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.