Facture

Conservation, Science, Art History: Volume 3: Degas

Daphne S. Barbour, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, Daphne S. Barbour , Barbara Hepburn Berrie

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Yale University Press
03 October 2017

Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

This volume of Facture, a biennial journal that presents the latest conservation research on works of art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, focuses exclusively on conservation treatment, technical art history, and scientific research related to masterpieces by the beloved French artist Edgar Degas (1834–1917). The National Gallery’s extraordinary collection of sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by Degas, including an incomparable group of his wax sculptures—among them his iconic Little Dancer Aged Fourteen—allows the institution to contribute significantly to understanding the artist’s methods and intentions. This volume features discussions of the notion of “finish” in Degas’s paintings, the complex makeup of his wax sculptures, the casting of posthumous bronzes, his innovative use of multiple layers of pastel and fixative in a late work on paper, and even a sonnet that Degas wrote to his “little dancer.”

Distributed for the National Gallery of Art, Washington

By: Daphne S. Barbour, Barbara Hepburn Berrie, John K. Delaney
Edited by: Daphne S. Barbour, Suzanne Quillen Lomax
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 907g
ISBN: 9780300230116
ISBN 10: 0300230117
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 03 October 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daphne Barbour is senior object conservator at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Suzanne Quillen Lomax is senior conservation scientist at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.