Edgar DegasFrancie, 1834–1917Self-Portrait
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Edgar Degas's Self-Portrait, painted around 1857–1858, is in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The small canvas remained with Degas until his death in 1917, then passed to his brother René. Later owners included Odette de Gas and Roland Nepveu, and the painting bears the Nepveu-Degas estate stamp. It reached the art market through a Paris sale in December 1994; Artemis Fine Arts sold it to the museum the following year.
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In this self-portrait a young Edgar Degas turns his head to look out at the spectator. He wears casual clothes, including an open collar and broad brimmed hat. The informal, extreme close-up view of Degas's face and his impassive, almost sullen expression echo the unpretentiousness of his clothing. The small-scale, informal presentation and lightness of touch emphasize the intimacy of this image and the still-tentative character of the young artist. Around 1857, when he was twenty-three or twenty-four, Degas traveled to Italy, where he spent much of his time making copies after Renaissance masters. The period was one of self-education and he drew prolifically, writing in one of his notebooks, "I must thoroughly realize I know nothing at all; it is the only way to get ahead." Finding in himself a willing sitter, he made fifteen or more self-portraits in various media during his time in Italy.
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