Chester Dale Fund
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In early 1874 Degas wrote, "Look here, my dear Tissot. . . you positively must exhibit at the Boulevard [in the first impressionist exhibition]. . . Exhibit. Be of your country and with your friends." Degas and Tissot, who met as students during the late 1850s, stayed in close communication even after Tissot fled to London in 1871 to avoid punishmen...
Size:
73.4 x 53.9 cm (28 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Medium:
Oil on wood
Credit:
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington
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