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Edgar Degas, L'Absinthe 1875-6, Oil on canvas
Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris 1870–1910
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Room 4

Degas’s L’Absinthe

The 1890s

Degas’s painting L’Absinthe was shown in London in 1893. This room looks at the controversy around this powerful work.

Edgar Degas 1834-1917 L'Absinthe 1875-6 Oil on canvas
Edgar Degas 1834-1917
L'Absinthe 1875-6
Oil on canvas
Lent by the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
© photo RMN H. Lewandowski
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