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EDGAR DEGAS ~ ART AND MYSTERY
15 April 2015
“A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people”
Edgar Degas
The Dance Class (La Classe de Danse),
1873–1876
Edgar Degas,
“Four Dancers,” 1899.
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