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Degas : A Postcard Book™.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917.
- Degas, Edgar.
- Postcards.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- [64] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 12 x 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Running Press, 1989.
- Contents:
- Young Spartans 1860
- The Bellelli Family 1860-1862
- Woman with Chrysanthemums 1865
- The Musicians in the Orchestra c. 1868-1869
- Racehorses before the Grandstand c. 1869-1872
- The Dance Foyer at the Pelletier Street Opera 1872
- The New Orleans Cotton Bureau 1873
- Rehearsal of a Ballet on the Stage 1874
- The Dance Class 1874
- The Ballet School 1876
- In the Café ("Absinthe") 1876
- Café Concert (The Ambassadors) 1876-1877
- Arabesque 1877
- Two Ballerinas c. 1877
- At the Races, In Front of the Stands 1877-1880
- Dancer with Bouquet, Curtseying 1878
- The Star; or Dancer on the Stage c. 1878
- Ballerina in Green 1879
- Miss Lola at the Fernando Circus, Paris 1879
- At the Theater 1880
- Woman Sponging Her Leg c. 1883
- The Ironers c. 1884
- The Millinery Shop c. 1885
- The Tub 1886
- Woman in a Tub 1886
- Before the Ballet 1888
- Four Dancers c. 1889
- Woman Drying Herself c. 1903
- Two Dancers in Repose c. 1906-1908
- Ballet Scene 1907.
- Notes:
- "Studies of grace in motion, in 30 full-color postcards to mail, share, and cherish."--Cover
- "The Original Postcard™ Book"--Back cover.
- "Cover design by Toby Schmidt. Cover illustration: The Dance Foyer at the Pelletier Street Opera, 1972 by Edgar Degas ... Back cover illustration: In the Café ("Absinthe"), 1876, by Edgar Degas ... Typography by Commcor Communications Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy 1 is "1" printing.
- Running Press copy 1 has "Archives 12/19/1989" on title page.
- Running Press copy 2 is "2" printing.
- ISBN:
- 089471712X
- 9780894717123
- OCLC:
- 231622626
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