Degas

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979., 1979. American first edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement and number line upon copyright page). 240 pages. Hardcover; H 30.5cm x L 25.25cm. Cloth. Includes Preface, 45 color and 162 b/w illustrations, Notes, Acknowledgements, Select Bibliography, and Index. Five chapters titled as: "Early Years 1834-1865;" "1865-1870;" "From the Commune to the first Impressionist Exhibition;" "1874 to 1884;" and "1884-1917. The aim of this book is to show the masterful and wide-ranging work of Edgar Degas in all mediums, and to give a chronological account of his life and development as an artist, set against the background of his times. Illustrated with 45 magnificent color reproductions and more than 160 black and white pictures, it presents Degas in all the variety of his genius.