Before the Performance

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This is a relatively small canvas for Degas’s late work, and indeed, some of the dancers’ poses look back to his earlier ballet pictures from the 1870s

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Title

Before the Performance

Date

c.1896–1898

Medium

oil on paper on canvas

Measurements

H 47.6 x W 62.5 cm

Accession number

NG 2224

Acquisition method

presented by Sir Alexander Maitland in memory of his wife Rosalind, 1960

Work type

Painting

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