Movie: Ballet by Degas

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    Studies of a number of the ballet paintings by Edgar Degas (1834-1917): “The Ballet Class”, “Coryphee Resting”, “Ballerina and the Lady with the Fan”, all from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and “On Stage”, “Dancers Practising at the Bar”, and “Pink and Green” from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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    1951-01-01

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