Edgar Degas - Dancers - Large Art Prints Above 5000 Bacon said that he saw

Bacon said that he saw images "in series"

beginnings

when she has an affair with one of his knights

In "Untitled (Man and Woman)"

is one that evokes the same blend of somberness and tragic grandeur that was to characterize the epic series of murals that Rothko had begun to work on at this time

Edgar Degas - Dancers - Large Art Prints Above 5000 Bacon said that he sawDegas excelled in depicting dancers in performance, rehearsal, waiting in the wings or, as here, at moments of ease. Characteristically, he chose an off centre grouping with the dancers chatting in a corner of the rehearsal room. Part of a ballet skirt is reflected in the mirror behind. Degas often re worked his designs and earlier pastels incorporate the same arrangement of figures.