Degas Pastels

Each of these handsome volumes contains 32 large color plates reproduced with superb fidelity on special paper.

The informative text and detailed captions will provide inspiration and fresh insight for all who admire great painting.

This elucidating book documents the passion that Edgar Degas had for pastels, his radical experiments with color, texture, distortions of space, and unorthodox lighting that widely influenced other painters.