Dancers Resting

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917): Dancers Resting c.1881-85 (Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard, - MFA, Boston) Here, the artist took his drawing of a seated dancer (at right) and added pieces of paper to create a larger composition, incorporating the figure of another dancer in a red shawl and the large expanse of floor in front of her. Degas left his rotations - perhaps measurements of the added strips - visible on the painting…