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In the Salon

c. 1880s

Edgar Degas

(French, 1834–1917)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
monotype
Support
Cream(3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 24.5 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.); Image: 11.9 x 16 cm (4 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1977.44
Catalogue raisonné
not in Janis nor Cachin
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Edgar Degas's series of brothel monotypes was never exhibited during his lifetime and remained in the privacy of the artist's studio until his death.

Description

Edgar Degas's series of monotypes depicting brothels depicted a hidden aspect of Parisian life. Degas's interest in the subject paralleled the theme of the prostitute in naturalist novels of the era by Emile Zola and Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, and echoed the then-contemporary debate about the regulation—or abolition—of prostitution in Paris. In this print, three women await their clients under a luminous globed chandelier. A standing figure reaches out her left arm as if to beckon an unseen visitor.
A horizontally oriented monotype print in black ink depicts three women with light skin tones in a dark interior. In the center, a woman stands with her back to us wearing a fringed dress and dark hair styled high. To our right, two others sit looking toward our left. Three glowing spherical lights hang from a fixture above. Smudged, grainy textures and heavy shadows define the atmospheric setting.

In the Salon

c. 1880s

Edgar Degas

(French, 1834–1917)
France, 19th century

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