Framed, extremely rare Edgar Degas exhibition poster created for the two city travelling exhibit inspired by the scholarly work of Richard Kendall entitled. Since this exhibition was only shown in two cities, a very limited number of these posters were created. “Degas landscapes” was a collaboration with the Metropolitan that assembled seventy paintings, monotypes, pastels and drawings, accompanied by exhibition curator Richard Kendall’s monograph published with Yale University Press. Original dates of exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – “Degas Landscapes, ” January 21-April 3, 1994. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – “Degas Landscapes” April 24-July 3, 1994. Degas created a series of landscapes during an 1890 visit to his artist friend. He created about fifty monotypes, that he called “imaginary landscapes”. Using colored oil paints, pastels and other media, Degas produced a number of pieces that even verge on abstraction. While Degas is renowned for his paintings of dancers and the human form, it is not generally known that Degas produced many landscapes at almost every phase of his career – from his early travels in Italy, to his association with the Impressionist movement, and into his final decades. Degas himself chose the subject of landscapes for his only one-person show in 1892. Excellent condition, frame has a few scratches and imperfections due to age. In Frame: 38.5″h x 28.5″w.
