Degas and the Business of Art: “A Cotton Office in New Orleans” (College Art Association Monograph) Crestwood Publications ASIN: B0DNFXQM5H

ASIN: B0DNFXQM5H

I am grateful to John Torgrimson and Nine Dragon Press for inviting me to work on this project

What actually happened to cause the explosion

And he’s not inclined to do Bliss any favors

And I’m just getting over a broken heart

Degas and the Business of Art: “A Cotton Office in New Orleans” (College Art Association Monograph) Crestwood Publications ASIN: B0DNFXQM5HEdgar Degas's painting entitled A Cotton Office in New Orleans is one of the most significant images of nineteenth century capitalism, in part because it was the first painting by an Impressionist to be purchased by a museum. Drawing upon archival materials, Marilyn R. Brown explores the accumulated social meanings of the work in light of shifting audiences and changing market conditions and assesses the artist's complicated relationship to the