# A Ballet Dancer in Position

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DEGAS, Edgar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Pencil with crayon and white chalk on paper, 410 x 285 mm

## Commentary

Degas had an immense repertoire of drawing techniques and idioms. Unusual precision and finesse were as much his as fast, sure-touch charcoal sketching. From preparatory drawings of details to drawings done in their own right, from charcoal drawings that used coloured pastel to loosely done gouaches, drawings for Degas were not a tiresome convention, but represented a challenge to experiment.

## Related artworks

- [Absinthe Drinkers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/absinthe-drinkers-rbe7e6ec4eabbcc>)
- [After the Bath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/after-the-bath-r79cb905e169a9b>)
- [After the Bath. Woman Drying Herself](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/after-the-bath-woman-drying-herself-r8bfdb010e4e9d2>)
- [At the Beach](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/at-the-beach-r77f7687e4072a6>)
- [At the Café des Ambassadeurs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/at-the-caf-des-ambassadeurs-r1e29c5ed2ecb54>)
- [At the Milliner&#39;s](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/at-the-milliners-r4c47d7f8670fde>)
- [At the Milliner&#39;s](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/at-the-milliners-r8d3b15b975e51d>)
- [At the Mirror](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/at-the-mirror-rc40ba63b020007>)
- [At the Races in the Countryside](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/at-the-races-in-the-countryside-r700e17af0422aa>)
- [Aux Ambassadeurs: Mademoiselle Bécat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/aux-ambassadeurs-mademoiselle-bcat-rea3a4355d42e8a>)
- [Ballerina with a Bouquet, Curtsying](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/ballerina-with-a-bouquet-curtsying-r74e4f436c0a3d9>)
- [Ballet at the Paris Opéra](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/ballet-at-the-paris-opra-r35047d9e61ab3f>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)