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Painting of three ballet dancers in yellow tutus adjusting hair backstage, with blurred green trees and stage edge behind them.

Yellow Dancers (In the Wings)

Three ballet dancers in pale yellow tutus stand close together in the wings, one adjusting another's hair with raised arms while a third looks on. Loose, feathery brushstrokes blur the figures into a greenish backdrop of trees and a pale stage edge, with dancers' legs visible below.

Artist
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
Date
1874–76
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2090 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1876).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Palmer, Mrs. Bertha P. Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood, and Mrs. Rose M. Palmer

Español: Bailarinas amarillas (entre bastidores)

Tres bailarinas con tutús amarillo pálido se agrupan entre bastidores; una ajusta el cabello de otra con los brazos en alto mientras una tercera observa. Pinceladas sueltas y difuminadas funden las figuras con un fondo verdoso de árboles y el borde pálido del escenario.

Português: Bailarinas amarelas (nos bastidores)

Três bailarinas de tutus amarelo-claros ficam juntas nos bastidores; uma ajeita o cabelo de outra com os braços erguidos enquanto a terceira observa. Pinceladas soltas e esfumadas fundem as figuras a um fundo esverdeado de árvores e à borda pálida do palco.

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