The exhibit “Edgar Degas: A Strange Beauty” is now on view at the Museum of Modern Art through June 14. The museum offers a Printmaking Workshop on Tuesday afternoons to coincide with the exhibit.
Edgar Degas is best known as a painter and chronicler of ballet, yet his work as a printmaker reveals the true extent of his restless experimentation. In the mid-1870s, Degas was introduced to the monotype process — drawing in ink on a metal plate that was then run through a press, typically resulting in a single print. The exhibition includes approximately 120 rarely seen monotypes — along with some 60 related paintings, drawings, pastels, sketchbooks, and prints.
Participants of all ages and abilities are invited to make their own monotype inspired by the exhibit.
Printmaking Workshop on Tuesdays, now through June 14, from noon to 3 pm. Free with admission to the museum.
Museum of Modern Art [11 W. 53rd St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Midtown, (212) 708–9400; www.moma.org]
