Poster advertising the 'Degas 1879' Exhibition, National Gallery of Scotland, 1979
Poster
1979 (made)
1979 (made)
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For several suuccessive evenings in January 1879, Edgar Degas (1834-1917) attended performances by the aerialiste Miss La La - Anna Olga Brown (1858-1945), one of the most celebrated circus performers of the day, whose performance involved her being hoisted nearly seventy feet into the domed ceiling of the circus, suspended only by a rope clenched between her teeth.
Degas produced a number of studies of the performer and the building before executing the oil painting reproduced on this poster, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando
Degas produced a number of studies of the performer and the building before executing the oil painting reproduced on this poster, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando
Object details
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| Title | Poster advertising the 'Degas 1879' Exhibition, National Gallery of Scotland, 1979 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising the exhibition Degas, 1879, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, August to September 1979 |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic. |
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| Object history | Associated Production: Degas, 1879, exhibition. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. 13.8-30.9.1979. Performance category: exhibition. |
| Production | The image is a reproduction of a study by Degas of Miss La La, dental acrobat, at the Cirque Fernando in Paris. |
| Summary | For several suuccessive evenings in January 1879, Edgar Degas (1834-1917) attended performances by the aerialiste Miss La La - Anna Olga Brown (1858-1945), one of the most celebrated circus performers of the day, whose performance involved her being hoisted nearly seventy feet into the domed ceiling of the circus, suspended only by a rope clenched between her teeth. Degas produced a number of studies of the performer and the building before executing the oil painting reproduced on this poster, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando |
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| Accession number | S.570-1996 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2010 |
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