288 pp 324 illus, 121 plates in color. "Firsthand, eyewitness accounts of Degas and his contemporaries, unearthed from periodicals, letters and diaries of the period as well as three of Degas' own sonnets help bring fresh authentic light to this study. Taken together, text, pictures, and documents present as detailed a portrait as will ever ber drawn of this remarkable and brilliant artist."