Softcover
2002 · New York
by DeVonyar, Jill and Richard Kendall
New York: Abrams, 2002. Softcover. VG-. One copy is an unread art library copy with their stamp inside the front cover and no other markings. One copy has a few paperclip indentations on a few pages and a couple minor instances of highlighting or pen marks, but is otherwise clean.. Color wraps with cream lettering. 303 pp. 300+ bw and color plates. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts from October 20, 2002- January 12, 2003 and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from February 12- May 11, 2003. Contents as follows: Degas at the Paris Opéra -- The Rue le Peletier Opéra -- Degas backstage -- The Palais Garnier years -- The making of a dancer -- Picturing the performance -- Degas and the dancers -- The last dancers. Seeks to illuminate the themes present in the artist's works, presenting new material about Degas's highly informed relationship with the ballet of the nineteenth century.
(Inventory #: 33054)