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1869, Edgar Degas, Madame Theodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot) [pastel] -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Madame Morisot described Degas's process of making this portrait of her daughter Yves: "He took a big sheet of paper and set to work on the head in pastel. He seemed to be doing a very pretty thing and drew marvelously.... He seemed satisfied with what he had done and was annoyed at having to tear himself away from it. He really works with ease, for all of this took place amid the visits and the farewells that never ceased during these two days." Degas showed this pastel in the Salon of 1870. It was the last time he exhibited at that venue.
1869, Edgar Degas, Madame Theodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot) [pastel] -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Madame Morisot described Degas's process of making this portrait of her daughter Yves: "He took a big sheet of paper and set to work on the head in pastel. He seemed to be doing a very pretty thing and drew marvelously.... He seemed satisfied with what he had done and was annoyed at having to tear himself away from it. He really works with ease, for all of this took place amid the visits and the farewells that never ceased during these two days." Degas showed this pastel in the Salon of 1870. It was the last time he exhibited at that venue.