# Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), in Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas painted this in 1874–76, aged about 40. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

From the museum's label:

> Edgar Degas first painted dancers as an independent subject in 1871. He would go on to devote almost half his output as an artist to this subject, observing countless performances and rehearsals at the Paris Opéra.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

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## The work

- Date: 1874–76
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 73.5 × 59.5 cm (28 15/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Framed: 91.5 × 78.2 × 7 cm (36 × 30 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1963.923
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Edgar Degas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/edgar-degas), French, 1834–1917

Degas trained in the academic tradition, admired Ingres and spent three years in Italy copying earlier art, but turned to modern Paris for his subjects: dancers, racecourses, laundresses, milliners and café singers.

15 works in the collection.

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