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Dancers

Edgar Degas, c. 1896

Dancers by Edgar Degas
Dancers by Edgar Degas, 41 cm × 56 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

41 cm × 56 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 56 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
56 cm
Width
41 cm
Medium
pastel with charcoal on tracing paper mounted on paper and backed with gray board
Kind
Drawing
Made in
France, 19th century
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Sheet: 55.7 x 41.4 cm (21 15/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

Ask this work

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
41 cm × 56 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1896. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade.
How was it made?
Pastel with charcoal on tracing paper mounted on paper and backed with gray board, made in France, 19th century, France, 19th century.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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