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March 7–June 11, 2006 at the Getty Center

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A Degas Sketchbook


A Degas Sketchbook
By Carol Armstrong
Postscript by David Hockney

Reproduced here are twenty-eight pages from one of Degas's sketchbook, along with a brilliant essay that places the artist within the contexts of both the cultivated salon of the Halévy family and the larger world of late-19th-century Paris.
(Cloth: $39.95)
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Odd Man Out


Odd Man Out: Readings on the Work and Reputation of Edgar Degas
By Carol Armstrong

Armstrong grapples with contradictory portrayals of Degas as "odd man out" within the Modernist canon: he was a Realist whom Realists rejected; a painter of modern life who was not a Modernist; and a member of the Impressionist group who was no Impressionist.
(Paperback: $24.95)
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