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Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (pronounced [ilɛʀ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡɑʀ

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FBI posters displaying works by artists Johannes Vermeer and Edgar Degas are seen during a press conference held to appeal to the public for help in returning artwork stolen in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts March 18, 2013. The FBI is offering a 5 million dollar reward for the return of the paintings.

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FBI Special Agent Geoff Kelly stands next to a poster displaying artwork by Edgar Degas that was stolen in a 1990 art heist from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum during a press conference held to appeal to the public for help in returning the artwork in Boston, Massachusetts March 18, 2013. The FBI is offering a 5 million dollar reward for the return of the paintings.

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$Edgar Degas\' pencil and watercolor on paper \$

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$A Christie\'s employee poses in front of Edgar Degas\' \'Grand Arabesque\' (est. value 350,000 - 450,000 GBP, 550,000 - 700,000 USD) at a viewing at Christie\'s auction house in central London on June 15, 2012. The piece is due to be sold at the Impressionist and Modern Art auction on June 20, 2012.$

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$A man walks behind French artist Edgar Degas\'s \'Etude du nu pour la \'Petite danseuse de quatorze ans\' (est. value 1.8 - 3.5 million GBP, 2.8 - 5.5 million USD) (C) at a viewing at Christie\'s auction house in central London on June 15, 2012. The piece is due to be sold at the Impressionist and Modern Art auction on June 20, 2012.$

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$Edgar Degas\' pencil and watercolor on paper \$

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FBI posters displaying works by artists Johannes Vermeer and Edgar Degas are seen during a press conference held to appeal to the public for help in returning artwork stolen in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts March 18, 2013. The FBI is offering a 5 million dollar reward for the return of the paintings.

FBI Special Agent Geoff Kelly stands next to a poster displaying artwork by Edgar Degas that was stolen in a 1990 art heist from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum during a press conference held to appeal to the public for help in returning the artwork in Boston, Massachusetts March 18, 2013. The FBI is offering a 5 million dollar reward for the return of the paintings.

Edgar Degas' pencil and watercolor on paper "La Sortie de Pesage" is shown in a handout photo provided by the Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, March 18, 2013. The painting is included on a list of several works of art stolen from the museum which experts estimate at $300 million in a brazen robbery on March 19, 1990. The FBI plans to reveal new information about one of the city's longest-running crime mysteries.

A visitor looks at his mobile device as he stands next to "Apres Le Bain (Femme S'essuyant)" from 1882-85 by Edgar Degas at Sotheby's in London January 31, 2013. The artwork is expected to sell for �2.5M-3.5M (US$4M-5.6M) when it is auctioned at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Auction in London on February 5, 2013.

A Christie's employee poses in front of Edgar Degas' 'Grand Arabesque' (est. value 350,000 - 450,000 GBP, 550,000 - 700,000 USD) at a viewing at Christie's auction house in central London on June 15, 2012. The piece is due to be sold at the Impressionist and Modern Art auction on June 20, 2012.

A man walks behind French artist Edgar Degas's 'Etude du nu pour la 'Petite danseuse de quatorze ans' (est. value 1.8 - 3.5 million GBP, 2.8 - 5.5 million USD) (C) at a viewing at Christie's auction house in central London on June 15, 2012. The piece is due to be sold at the Impressionist and Modern Art auction on June 20, 2012.

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