Degas and the Art of Japan

by Richard Kendall and Jill DeVonyar

The first book devoted to the intriguing and complex relationship between Degas's art and Japanese prints

Many celebrated pictures by Edgar Degas (1834-1917)--showing ballet dancers, popular performers, and bathers, for example--were indebted to Japanese images of similar contemporary subjects. Degas and his generation were captivated by Japanese culture: he assembled his own collection of Ukiyo-e prints and several of his friends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300126336
• ISBN13: 9780300126334
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Reading Public Museum
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 12.1"