Leopold Museum,
Vienna © The Kasser Mochary Collection,
Montclair,
New Jersey
Vienna © The Kasser Mochary Collection,
Montclair,
New Jersey
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Pregnant Woman, Design c. 1896; cast c. 1919
Pregnant Woman
Design c. 1896; cast c. 1919
Bronze
43.5×17.5×15.5 cm
Artists
- Edgar Degas
(Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Currently on display at OG4
The French painter and sculptor Edgar Degas (1834–1917) created introverted figures which, rather than representing, appear occupied with themselves. The depiction of a female nude in the state of pregnancy represented a breach of taboo at the time. Degas had a fascination for everyday phenomena dedicated to the moment. The woman is standing upright, her head bent and her hands on her pregnant belly. With this dedication to the moment, the animated surface molding and the high degree of realism, Degas managed to bring his figure to life. The artist turned to sculpture only in the late period of his oeuvre, when his eyesight deteriorated with age. It was only after his death that his wax models were cast in bronze.
Object data
- Artist/author
- Edgar Degas
- Title
- Pregnant Woman
- Date
- Design c. 1896; cast c. 1919
- Art movement
- Impressionism
- Category
- Sculpture
- Material/technique
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 43.5×17.5×15.5 cm
- Credit line of the permanent loan
- The Kasser Mochary Collection, Montclair, New Jersey
- Selection of Reference works
- Josef Pillhofer. Im Dialog mit Künstlern der Moderne, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Köln 2021 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 18.06.2021-10.10.2021).
- Catalogue raisonne
- Rewald 1957: LXIII (63)
- Keywords
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