Discover Degas & Miss La La, Anne Robbins, Others

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Discover Degas & Miss La La, Anne Robbins, Others

Name: Discover Degas & Miss La La, Anne Robbins, Others
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Condition Report: New: A brand-new, unread and professionally handled book. Carefully preserved from publication to purchase, these books are offered in the best attainable condition. This grade applies to recently published titles that have not entered long-term storage.

Catalogue Note: A pristine, unread copy of this significant exhibition catalogue from the National Gallery, London. Discover Degas & Miss La La provides the first in-depth study of Edgar Degas’s 1879 masterpiece, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando. By drawing on new research and previously unpublished sketches and photographs, this volume sheds light on the identity of the biracial circus performer Anna Albertine Olga Brown and analyzes Degas's complex engagement with race and ethnicity—both in the Parisian circus world and through his own family history in New Orleans. With 71 color illustrations, this book is an essential addition for art historians and collectors interested in 19th-century French painting and the intersection of art and social history. Edgar Degas's Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando is one of the only paintings by the artist to feature a person of color. This book tells the extraordinary story behind that groundbreaking work. It explores the life and career of "Miss La La," a renowned circus performer of daring athleticism, while tracing the genesis of Degas’s painting from his rapid sketches done in situ to his finished pastels. Beyond the portrait itself, the authors examine the imagery of the acrobat in fin-de-siècle Paris and Degas’s own attitudes toward his Creole heritage. It is a compelling, scholarly investigation into a pivotal work of Impressionist-era art, offering a nuanced look at identity and representation in late nineteenth-century France.

ISBN: 9781857097146

Book Condition: New

Book Authors: Anne Robbins, Chiara Di Stefano, Laurie Fierstein, Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby, Denise Murrell, Isolde Pludermacher, and Christopher Riopelle

Book Publisher: National Gallery London

Book Language: en

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Art & Architecture

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Book Pages: 136

Book Publication Year: 2025

Book Publication Date: February 25, 2025

Book Binding: Paperback

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