To: All
Another of my favorites by Degas, "After Costume Ball"
![](http://www.luc.edu/depts/history/dennis/Visual_Arts/TN_07-Impress_Degas_Portrait-After-Costume-Ball-(1879)-%5BAIC%5D.JPG)
443 posted on
08/30/2006 11:46:33 AM PDT by
GretchenM
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To: All
I liked this Degas so much I did a pencil sketch of it.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/GretchenEE/DegasLady.jpg)
My pencil version
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/GretchenEE/MySketch1smallDEGAS.jpg)
451 posted on
08/30/2006 12:25:01 PM PDT by
GretchenM
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To: GretchenM
Let's not forget Degas's splendid racehorses:
![](http://www.artofeurope.com/degas/deg3.jpg)
![](http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/degas/race-horses/degas.race-horses.jpg)
FWIW, his jockeys are obviously 19th c. - and French.
467 posted on
08/30/2006 1:41:50 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
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