The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 26, 2024

Estérel Village

Estérel Village

c. 1890
(French, 1834–1917)
Sheet: 29.9 x 39.9 cm (11 3/4 x 15 11/16 in.); Image: 29.9 x 39.9 cm (11 3/4 x 15 11/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Janis 276
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Edgar Degas made a total of about 60 similarly abstract landscapes using monotype around the time he made this print.

Description

This landscape is one of many monotypes that Edgar Degas produced throughout his career. The work belongs to a series Degas made while visiting a friend in the French countryside. Its blurriness resembles the view he saw out the window of trains and carriages during his travels. To translate the effects of weather and the natural terrain, he created layers of color and texture that border on abstraction in the final composition.
  • ?-?
    René de Gas
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    Maurice de Gas
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    Maurice Exteens
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    Valentine Abdy, Paris
    ?-1966
    (Eugene V. Thaw, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    1966-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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  • {{cite web|title=Estérel Village|url=false|author=Edgar Degas|year=c. 1890|access-date=26 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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