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Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms
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About this work
Although best-known for colorful paintings and pastels depicting the Paris of his time, Edgar Degas was simultaneously an incredibly innovative printmaker. Created during the artist’s most prolific period in etching, this print depicts two actresses preparing for a performance in adjoining dressing rooms. Degas used the walls, curtains, and artificial lighting within the space to create a dense and mazelike composition.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineActresses in Their Dressing Rooms, 1879–80. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Etching and aquatint on Arches laid paper; platemark: 15.9 x 21 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.); sheet: 21.6 x 30.5 cm (8 1/2 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.155
