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Edgar Degas in New Orleans: ‘Nothing But Cotton’

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Edgar Degas, A Cotton Office in New Orleans, 1873, oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau. © RMN-Grand Palais / Michéle Bellot / Madeleine CoursagetThe first painting Edgar Degas sold to a museum did not portray underage ballerinas or a domestic tableau but the artist’s relatives at work in a cotton brokers’ office—in New Orleans, Louisiana. Until January 16, 2017, Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts has mounted a show, “Degas: A New Vision,” that includes A Cotton Office in …

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