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Miss Lala at Cirque Fernando
Presented by Samuel Courtauld 1933
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actions: postures and motions
adults
arts and entertainment
black
circus
circus
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
ethnicity
France
individuals: female
interiors
Lala, Miss
leisure and pastimes
music and entertainment
named individuals
Paris, 18th arrondissement
Paris, 18th arrondissement, Montmartre
Paris, 18th arrondissement, Montmartre, Cirque Fernando
people
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places of entertainment
portraits
suspended
woman
work and occupations
<p>This is one of a sequence of pastels and drawings, many of which were executed on the spot, which were preparatory studies for an oil painting of the same subject now in the collection of the National Gallery, London. Miss Lala was a circus acrobat whose star turn involved being hoisted to the roof suspended by her teeth. Degas very much enjoyed popular entertainments, and executed many studies of dancers and singers. It seems that he respected, and possibly sympathised with, performers who were engaged in disciplined and strenous physical activity.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique pastel
10 November 2004 – 30 January 2005
2005-01-30
10 November 2004 – 30 January 2005
2005-01-30
2004-11-10
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2004-11-10
Art in the Making: Degas
Loan-out
17 February 2005 – 15 May 2005
2005-05-15
17 February 2005 – 15 May 2005
2005-05-15
2005-02-17
Barber Institute of Fine Arts (Birmingham, UK)
http://www.barber.org.uk
2005-02-17
Edgar Degas: Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando
Loan-out
6 October 2005 – 14 May 2006
2006-05-14
18 February 2006 – 14 May 2006
2006-05-14
2006-02-18
Phillips Collection (Washington, USA)
2005-10-06
Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris 1870-1910
Exhibition
15 February 2013 – 12 May 2013
2013-05-12
15 February 2013 – 12 May 2013
2013-05-12
2013-02-15
Morgan Library (New York, USA)
2013-02-15
Miss Lala au Cirque Fernando
Loan-out
29 September 2018 – 13 January 2019
2019-01-13
29 September 2018 – 13 January 2019
2019-01-13
2018-09-29
The Lightbox (Woking, UK)
http://www.thelightbox.org/
2018-09-29
French Impressionism and Post Impressionism: Art of the Everyday
Loan-out
24 October 2018 – 21 July 2019
2019-07-21
25 March 2019 – 21 July 2019
2019-07-21
2019-03-25
Musée d’Orsay (Paris, France)
2018-10-24
Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet to Matisse and Beyond
Loan-out
17 May 2022 – 4 September 2022
2022-09-04
17 May 2022 – 4 September 2022
2022-09-04
2022-05-17
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec (Albi, France)
http://www.mairie-albi.fr/arthisto/lieux/museetl.html
2022-05-17
Quand Toulouse-Lautrec regarde Degas
Loan-out
24 May 2024 – 30 September 2024
2024-09-30
24 May 2024 – 30 September 2024
2024-09-30
2024-05-24
Burrell Collection (Glasgow, UK)
2024-05-24
Degas and Britain
Loan-out
Miss Lala at the Cirque Fernando
support: 610 × 476 mm
frame: 750 × 620 × 60 mm 
Storage transit frame: 920 × 757 × 144 mm (landscape)
Presented by Samuel Courtauld 1933
<p>This is one of a sequence of pastels and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a>, many of which were executed on the spot, which were preparatory studies for an oil <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> of the same subject now in the collection of the National Gallery, London. Miss Lala was a circus acrobat whose star turn involved being hoisted to the roof suspended by her teeth. Degas very much enjoyed popular entertainments, and executed many studies of dancers and singers. It seems that he respected, and possibly sympathised with, performers who were engaged in disciplined and strenous physical activity.</p>
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acrobat actions: postures and motions adults arts and entertainment black circus circus cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents ethnicity France individuals: female interiors Lala, Miss leisure and pastimes music and entertainment named individuals Paris, 18th arrondissement Paris, 18th arrondissement, Montmartre Paris, 18th arrondissement, Montmartre, Cirque Fernando people places places of entertainment portraits suspended woman work and occupations