DEGAS AND HIS MODEL

There are many myths about Edgar Degas?from Degas the misanthrope to Degas the deviant to Degas the obsessive. But there is no singl e text that better stokes the fire than Degas and His Model, a short memoir by Alice Michel, who purportedly modeled for Degas. Neve r before translated into English, the texts original publication in Mercure de France in 1919, shortly after the artists death, ha s been treated as an important account of the master sculptor at work. We know that Alice was writing under a pseudonym, but who the real pers...[Read more]