Degas at the Opera Exhibition at the Orsay Museum - Part 2

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Ballet (c. 1876) - Pastel on monotype by Edgar Degas 

Ballet (detail) - Pastel on monotype by Edgar Degas 

Les choristes (1877) - Pastel on monotype by Edgar Degas 

Le foyer de la danse à l'Opéra de la rue Le Peletier (1872) – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

La Classe de Danse – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

La répétition au foyer de la danse - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Danseuses (1884-1885) – Pastel on paper by Edgar Degas 

Coulisses (also known as : Danseuse Jaune) (1874-1876) - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

L’entrée en scène - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Trois danseuses en jupe saumon – Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard, by Edgar Degas

Trois danseuses (jupes bleues corsages rouges) – Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard, by Edgar Degas 

Trois danseuses (jupes bleues corsages rouges) (Detail)

Trois danseuses (jupes bleues corsages rouges) (Detail)

Examen de danse – Pastel on paper by Edgar Degas [Denver Museum collection] 

Danseuses au foyer - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas [private collection] 

Danseuses au foyer (detail) 

Conversation (Ludovic Halévy et Madame Cardinal) – Monotype with black ink by Edgar Degas 

Danseuse assise – Graphite and charcoal with white accents, on pink paper, with a grid – by Edgar Degas 

Deux études de danseuses / Two Studies of Dancers - Black chalk heightened with white chalk on green paper – by Edgar Degas [Collection J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles] 

Dans une salle de répétition - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas [National Gallery – Washington] 

Dans une salle de répétition (Detail) 

Danseuses montant un escalier - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Danseuses montant un escalier (Detail) 

La leçon de danse (Salle de répétition) - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

La Loge – Pastel on paper by Edgar Degas 

Danseuses sur la scène - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

Danseuses bleues – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Femme dans une loge – Pastel on paper by Edgar Degas

Groupe de danseuses – Oil on paper mounted on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Degas at the Opera
24 September 2019 - 19 January 2020

Musée d’Orsay
1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur
75007 Paris
France

Degas at the Opera Exhibition at the Orsay Museum – Part 1

Some of the paintings, pastel drawings, prints and drawings in the Degas at the Opera Exhibition. Degas had two passions that influenced greatly his work: the opera and horse racing. This exhibition puts together, for the first time, a large collection of works related to the opera.

 

Lorenzo Pagans et Auguste de Gas (between 1871 and 1872) - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

 

Josephine Gaugelin - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

La Répétition de Chant - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

L'orchestre de l'Opéra (c. 1870) – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Les Musiciens – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Répétition d'un ballet sur la scène (1874) – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Danseuse assise tournée vers la droite (study for one of the figures in Répétition d'un ballet sur la scène) – Oil paint on blue paper by Edgar Degas 

La classe de danse (between 1873 and 1876) – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

La classe de danse (Detail) 

La classe de danse (Detail) 

Jules Perrot (study for La classe de danse) – White chalk, black chack and charcoal drawing on pink paper by Edgar Degas 

Petite danseuse de quatorze ans (between 1921 and 1931) – Scuplture by Edgar Degas 

Deux danseuses au repos (c. 1898) – Pastel on beige paper mounted on canvas by Edgar Degas

Deux danseuses au repos (detail) 

Degas at the Opera
24 September 2019 - 19 January 2020

Musée d’Orsay
1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur
75007 Paris
France

Bouquet of Tulips by Jeff Koons -

Bouquet of Tulips is sculpture located in a park between the back of the Petit Palais and Place de La Concorde in Paris (France). 

This is Jeff Koons' first commemorative work unveiled in 2019 to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attacks in France in 2015 and 2016.

Bouquet of Tulips - Sculpture by Jeff Koons (2016 - 2019)

This sculpture is made of polychromed bronze, aluminum and stainless steel. It is 11-meter-high, weights 34 tons and is set on a 27-ton base. Because of its weight, it could not be placed in front of the Palais de Tokyo, which was first chosen as its location.

A plaque gives details on the donation and financing of this sculpture.