This artwork is an Impressionist-style composition heavily after or directly replicating Edgar Degas’s celebrated ballet studies.

Lot Title & Overview

• Dancer in Green Tutu (After Edgar Degas)
• Medium: Pastel and charcoal style on paper
• Dimensions: 22 x 17 inches

Visual Description

The composition centers on a lone ballerina captured mid-motion, positioned slightly off-center in a classic Degas-inspired arrangement. She is rendered wearing a classic, diaphanous off-white and pale green tutu layered with soft yellow undertones that suggest the artificial stage lighting of late 19th-century Parisian theaters. Her torso leans forward into a graceful posture while her dark hair is pulled back into a neat chignon bun.

The background is a heavily textured, abstracted wash of moss green, earth tones, and warm amber fields, leaving the setting open to interpretation as either a rustic stage backdrop or the dim, dusty atmosphere of an opera rehearsal room. The artist utilizes expressive, sketchy line work and dense layering characteristic of a classic pastel technique to convey spontaneity, movement, and light.

Dimensions: 27X17