Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834 -1917)
- Item Title:
- Edgar Degas : The Painter as Printmaker.
- Author(s):
- Reed, Sue Welsh ; Shapiro, Barbara Stern ; Perkinson, Roy L. ; Ackley, Clifford S. ; Druick, Douglas ; Zegers, Peter
- ISBN:
- 0878462449
- Imprint:
- Boston, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1984.
- Language:
- English
- Size:
- 29 cm
- Pages:
- lxxii, 272
- Illustrations:
- b&w, some color
- Concordance:
- Yes
- Bibliography:
- Yes
- Index:
- No
- Exhibition List:
- No
- Chronology:
- Yes
- Content Note:
- The texts deal with Degas' position within the context of his epoch, collectors of Degas' prints, and a technical discussion. The publication also includes a glossary, a table of watermarks, a select bibliography, and a concordance with Adhémar and Reed & Shapiro.
The catalogue raisonné lists all 66 of the artist's etchings and lithographs, organized chronologically. Catalogue entries give number, title, date, medium, states, support, dimensions (plate, stone and sheet size), paper details, signature and stamp information, location, provenance, references, and comments.
Titles assigned by the author are in English; French titles according to Delteil are found in the Concordance.
- Individual Entries Contain:
- Provenance; Bibliog.; Comments
- Public Note:
- The catalogue was published on the occasion of a circulating exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery London, 1984-1985.
(The full text digitized publication is available at the Internet Archive with free login.)
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