Café-Concert (The Spectators) — Edgar Degas Fine Art Poster
Café-Concert (The Spectators) — Edgar Degas Fine Art Poster
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The Story in the Margin
Edgar Degas was fascinated by the popular café-concerts of Paris, informal venues where singers and performers entertained audiences over food and drink, and he depicted both performers and audience with equal interest. "Café-Concert (The Spectators)" turns attention to the crowd itself, using the artificial gaslight and cropped, asymmetrical compositions borrowed from Japanese prints and photography to capture the informal, modern spectacle of Parisian nightlife. These café-concert works are central to Degas's broader project of documenting the entertainments of contemporary Paris.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
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The reproduction quality is the best I have seen anywhere near this price. Anyone who loves Degas should have Café-Concert somewhere in the house.
Thank you. We spend a long time on the scans, so hearing that the detail came through means a lot.
It made the hallway feel finished in a way I could not manage on my own. The smallest marks in Café-Concert are still visible, which is the entire point.
It arrived two days after I ordered, which I did not expect. The reproduction quality makes the price look like a mistake in my favor. My neighbor liked it enough that she ordered one for her own place. Our winters are long and dark, and this has made the room feel warmer. I am thrilled with the whole experience. 👌
Four stars because it is excellent and I paid a little more than I wanted to. Only the far edges of Café-Concert lose a little crispness. Buy it if the price works for you.
My husband spotted this months ago and I finally gave in. It is the best forty dollars I have spent on this house. It has brightened up a basement rec room that gets almost no natural light. Everything about this was right.