Degas Stone Lithograph

I hope I’m not wrong but this looks like a stone litho rather than modern reproduction. There seems to be a lot of variations of that image and I’m trying to find the original.

PS Found that Degas made monotypes sometimes with pastels touchups over. Could it be such a print?

 

https://byronsmuse.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/edgar-degas-star-of-the-ballet/

Also...

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/honey-theyre-playing-our-painting/

Maybe a copy... by some other artist... I would think? Just looks more like something out of the 40's or 50's than a genuine Degas...to me.

 

Why by other artists? There are over 10 similar artworks by Degas with ballerinas and bouquets.

 

It doesn't look like Degas's work to me... the face looks too cartoonish like something drawn maybe during the 1950's. It's clearly that same scene that degas painted so...if it's by someone else, it's a copy. Just my opinion.

 

Hm, it does look cartoonish. I need to take it out of the frame.

 

It does appear to be a 1950s interpretation of a Degas painting. De-frame it and see what you find.

Debora

 

It's nowhere as detailed as the two links provided by @aaroncab......but it IS interesting!!

 

So, what do you call it, a forgery, reproduction, “after Degas”, Degas follower ....?

 

Depends on your purpose but I'd call it a decorative interpretation.

Debora

 

Any safe way to remove the glued mats? I can’t tell the technique but I think it’s a type of print so I want to check the edges for possible info.

 

Based on this Degas work. I think they reproduced a lot of Degas in this large format using a process in the 60's or so that didn't leave standard dots. Not a monotype though - if it was there would be only one.
I had one of a different image also a dancer and concluded it had no value so recycled it.

I had

 

Yours was done after an existing painting, exact copy of 1877 “Fin d'arabesqueen”.
I cannot find the original of mine.
As Aaroncab pointed out, the face of the dancer is not in the style of Degas.
So, I’m not sure if I can call mine a reproduction. It was suggested the term “interpretation” but in this case it would not be right to put Degas name on it.

 

Typo. Sure you meant "Fin d'arabesque."

Debora

 

Original is in the d'Orsay. And look where the signature is.

Debora

 

Yes, typo. What’s wrong with the signature?

 

It's migrated from left to right.

Debora