Dance in Art

Dancer Bending Forward

Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917

Medium:

Charcoal with stumping, heightened with white and yellow pastel with stumping, on blue laid paper ruled with charcoal

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Source:

aic

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

Dancer Bending Forward, by Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917, is a public-domain charcoal with stumping, heightened with white and yellow pastel with stumping, on blue laid paper ruled with charcoal 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.