Resumen de Degas's Collection
The exhibition The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, held at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, in 1997-98, was a remarkable event, not only for the impressive quantity of works it assembled and their beauty, but also for the reflections they provoked when seen together. Marking the culmination of research carried out in recent years - by Ann Dumas, Anne Roquebert and, in preparation for the show, by the Metropolitan Museum team - it also provides the starting point for new investigations. Developing out of a much smaller 'dossier' show held at the National Gallery, London, in 1996, which was conceived as a complement to the exhibition Degas beyond Impressionism,' the New York display was the fruit of important and painstaking work identifying and tracing works of art owned by Degas, and would deserve high commendation on this score alone, quite apart from its other obvious merits.
