Five Rapid Sketches
about 1877
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Five quick graphite sketches of figures in motion, including women in long dresses and a profile view of a head and shoulders. Edgar Degas frequently used his sketchbook to work out new ideas for various paintings or lithographs. In this group of five quick sketches, he concentrated on the gestures and expressions of a singer at a café-concert , several of which he later re-used. In the upper left corner, the café singer who leans forward, her mouth open in full song, closely resembles a pastel and lithograph known as Mlle Bécat aux Ambassadeurs. At the lower left, Degas showed another vocalist in profile, reaching out towards an imaginary audience with both her arm and body. This figure appears again in the pastel Le Café Concert des Ambassadeurs. The back
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