DEGAS AND THE LAUNDRESS

In the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874, Edgar Degas (1834—1917) showed works featuring four subjects that would remain enduring preoccupations: dancers, horse races, bathers and laundresses. While the first and, to some extent, the second and third are indelibly associated with the artist in...

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Published inPrint quarterly Vol. 42; no. 1; p. 80
Main Author Dunn, Ashley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Print Quarterly Publications 01.03.2025
Subjects
19th century
Art exhibits
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Etching
Impressionism
Nonfiction
Prints and printmaking
Women
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ISSN0265-8305

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Summary:In the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874, Edgar Degas (1834—1917) showed works featuring four subjects that would remain enduring preoccupations: dancers, horse races, bathers and laundresses. While the first and, to some extent, the second and third are indelibly associated with the artist in the public imagination thanks to countless exhibitions and publications, Britany Salsbury's Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism is the first project — exhibition and book — devoted entirely to the laundresses (exhibition catalogue, Cleveland Museum of Art, 8 October 2023— 14 January 2024, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023, 242 pp., 253 ills., $65 / Go). Building upon the foundational scholarship of Eunice Lipton, her catalogue addresses the significance of these works in Degas's oeuvre and in the visual culture of his time from a variety of complementary perspectives.
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ISSN:0265-8305