Description
This landscape is one of many monotypes that Edgar Degas produced throughout his career. The work belongs to a series Degas made while visiting a friend in the French countryside. Its blurriness resembles the view he saw out the window of trains and carriages during his travels. To translate the effects of weather and the natural terrain, he created layers of color and texture that border on abstraction in the final composition.
Provenance
René de Gas; Maurice de Gas; Maurice Exteens; Valentine Abdy, Paris; (Eugene V. Thaw, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
29.9 × 39.9 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
1966.177
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Prints • France, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery