Fan Mount: The Ballet, 1879, Watercolor, India ink, silver, and gold on silk, 6 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (15.6 x 54 cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Painted in monochrome on a black ground, this fan evokes the metallic luster of Japanese lacquers. The stage, to the left, is sprinkled with silver powder and painted with thin washes of tin, and the dancers are outlined in a gold-colored paint that is actually made from brass powder
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Fan Mount, Ballet, 1879, Watercolor, India ink, silver, gold, silk, 6 1/8 x 21 1/4, 15.6 54 cm, Drawings, Edgar Degas, French, Paris, 1834–1917, Painted, monochrome, black ground, fan evokes, metallic luster, Japanese lacquers, stage, left, sprinkled, silver powder, painted, thin washes, tin, dancers, outlined, gold-colored paint, actually, brass
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