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[[underline]] Degas Dancers, [[/underline]] Lillian Browse, London, 1949. Page 385

144. DANSEUSE BLEUE

The dancer is seen having landed on her right foot, her arms spread out, and her body leaning to the left. On the extreme right is the edge of a ballet skirt of another dancer. Behind is a décor of rocks.

Pastel. 28½ x 15¼ ins. Signed lower left. Circa 1884.
Collection. Lerolle.
Exhibition. Degas, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1937, No. 114.
Reproduced. Paul Lafond, [[underline]] Degas, [[/underline]] Vol. I (1918), on cover.
[[underline]] Owned [[/underline]] by Jacques Seligmann, New York.
[[underline]] Photograph. [[/underline]] The owners.