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Powder and Light: Late 19th-Century Pastels

15 Mar 2022 – 14 Aug 2022

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Tuesday

10:00 – 17:30

Wednesday

10:00 – 17:30

Thursday

10:00 – 17:30

Friday

10:00 – 17:30

Saturday

10:00 – 21:00

Sunday

10:00 – 17:30

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The Getty Center

Los Angeles
California, United States

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• 1200 Getty Center Drive
• Los Angeles
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• 90049
• United States

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In an age of formal experimentation, pastels offered artists a thrilling range of possibilities: an iridescent palette, a diverse array of textures, and a more immediate mode of working than oil paints.

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Late 19th-century pastellists achieved a range of effects, from the ethereal to the visceral. Tracing the evolution of pastels from Impressionism to Symbolism, this installation presents seldom seen works in the Getty collection by Degas, Redon, and others.

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• Drawing