As a complement to the Edgar Degas exhibition on view in the adjacent Eugene V. Thaw Gallery, enjoy further examples from the Clark’s rich trove of works on paper by this innovative Impressionist artist. In the third of this summer's Works on Paper Highlights Talks, Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, describes the selection process for the exhibition and traces Degas’s progression from early academic training to artistic maturity as an unrivaled draughtsman and printmaker.

Visit the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, which houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,500 prints, drawings, and photographs. Each week, discover a unique selection of rarely exhibited works on paper with a member of the curatorial department. Offered Wednesdays in August from 1–1:30 pm.

Topics and presenters include:

August 7: "Many Happy Returns!" with Alexis Goodin, associate curator

August 14: "Curator’s Choice" with Esther Bell, deputy director and Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator

August 21: "Edgar Degas Bonus Selection" with Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

August 28: "Views of Venice" with William Satloff, graduate intern in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper

Free. Capacity is limited. Seating is first-come, first-served.

The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper is located next to the Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition in the Manton Research Center.

Image: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Two Portrait Studies of a Man (detail), c. 1856–57, graphite with stumping with touches of white chalk on pink wove paper. The Clark, 1955.1393