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Degas and dancers
Edgar Degas, *Dancers* (1900), pastel; image page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dancers-(1900)-Degas.jpg. Wikimedia Commons marks the two-dimensional work and faithful photographic reproduction public domain. Creator: Edgar Degas. Attribution: Edgar Degas / Princeton University Art Museum (original collection, per Commons metadata); Wikimedia Commons file by Jan Arkesteijn. Image visually checked 2026-10-28.
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Edgar Degas painted and sculpted dancers for many years. Museum sources estimate that he made about 1,500 works on this subject. The estimate includes paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and sculptures, not paintings alone.
