books0977:Waiting (c.1879-1882). Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Pastel on beige laid p
books0977: Waiting (c.1879-1882). Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Pastel on beige laid paper. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. By 1880 Degas was able to accomplish the beautiful details of the hands and slippers with the same brilliance as the varied texture of the feathery tulle and the coarse wooden floor. At the same time, the extreme opposites of black and white in the costumes of the dancer and her chaperone dominate the scene, and they reflect Degas’s adept plays of dark and light. -- source link