Dancing with Degas

Dancing with Degas
ISBN-10
0811840476
ISBN-13
9780811840477
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
54
Language
English
Published
2003-07
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Authors
Julie Merberg, Suzanne Bober

Description

A follow-up to In the Garden with Van Gogh provides a simple introduction to French artist Edgar Degas and his pastel paintings of ballerinas.

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