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Article: Degas // The late show // New exhibition forces reappraisal of the artist's work and influence
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- September 29, 1996
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`Degas: Beyond Impressionism'
Opens Monday; through Jan. 5
Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan
Admission, Monday-Thursday, $8; Friday-Sunday, $10, plus regular
museum admission
(800) 929-5800
Forget much of what you've read regarding the later work of Edgar
Degas (1834-1917), one of the leading figures in the Impressionist
movement of the 1870s and early 1880s. An exhibition opening Monday
at the Art Institute of Chicago tackles head-on many of the long-
held
myths surrounding the aging artist.
``Degas: Beyond Impressionism'' is the first exhibition to focus
exclusively on work the artist produced in the years following the
last Impressionist exhibition of 1886. Featuring more ...