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Degas and his model
- Title
- Degas and his model / Alice Michel ; translated by Jeff Nagy.
- Author
- Michel, Alice
- Publication
- New York : David Zwirner Books, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Nagy, Jeff
- Description
- 84 pages; 18 cm
- Summary
- There are many myths about the artist Edgar Degas: from Degas the misanthrope to Degas the deviant, to Degas the obsessive. But there is no single text that better stokes the fire than 'Degas and His Model,' a short memoir published by Alice Michel, who purportedly modeled for Degas. Never before translated into English, the text's original publication in 'Mercure de France' in 1919, shortly after the artist's death, has been treated as an important account of the master sculptor at work. We know that Alice was writing under a pseudonym, but who the real person behind this account was remains a mystery, to this day nothing is known about her. Yet, the descriptions seem too accurate to be ignored, the anecdotes too spot-on to discount; even the dialogue captures the artist's tone and mannerisms.
- Series Statement
- Ekphrasis series
- Uniform Title
- Degas et son modèle. English
- Ekphrasis (New York, N.Y.)
- Alternative Title
- Degas et son modèle.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Language (note)
- English translation of French.
- Call Number
- JQC 17-99
- ISBN
- 1941701558
- 9781941701553
- OCLC
- 959040410
- Author
- Michel, Alice, author.
- Title
- Degas and his model / Alice Michel ; translated by Jeff Nagy.
- Publisher
- New York : David Zwirner Books, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Ekphrasis seriesEkphrasis (New York, N.Y.)
- Language
- English translation of French.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Added Author
- Nagy, Jeff, translator, writer of introduction.Translation of: Michel, Alice. Degas et son modèle. English.
- Research Call Number
- JQC 17-99