1861
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Marguerite De Gas, the Artist's Sister (Marguerite De Gas, soeur de l'artiste) is a 1861 ink by Edgar Degas, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a woman with a serious expression. She’s wearing a fancy hat with feathers and a high collar, looking straight ahead. The lines around her face and clothes are rough and scratchy, like the artist pressed hard with a needle. This is an etching and drypoint, which means the artist carved into a metal plate to make the print. The texture gives it a gritty, almost sketchy feel. Next, check out etching to see how artists like this create prints.
Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas on 19 July 1834 in Paris, Edgar Degas came from an affluent banking family with aristocratic roots and spent his childhood among the cultivated circles of the French capital.
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