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EDGAR DEGAS ~ THE MYSTERY OF A PAINTING

28 July 2012

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

Self portrait 1855

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