Dance in Art

Three Studies of a Dancer in Fourth Position

Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917

Medium:

Charcoal and pastel with stumping, and touches of brush and black wash, on grayish-tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on gray wove paper

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Source:

aic

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

Three Studies of a Dancer in Fourth Position, by Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917, is a public-domain charcoal and pastel with stumping, and touches of brush and black wash, on grayish-tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on gray wove paper 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.