Odd Man Out: Readings of the Work and Reputation of Edgar Degas

Odd Man Out: Readings of the Work and Reputation of Edgar Degas is a 1991 book by Carol Armstrong. It is about the paradoxes surrounding Edgar Degas and his works.

Contents Source: 1. Degas, the Odd Man Out: The Impressionistic Exhibitions 2. Duranty on Degas: A Theory of Modern Painting 3. Reading the Work of Degas 4. Against the Grain: J.K. Huysmans and the 1886 Series of Nudes 5. The Myth of Degas

Publication history 1986, United States, Princeton University OCLC Number 229487323, 472 leaves, Thesis/dissertation manuscript 1991, United States, University of Chicago Press , hardback, 299 pages 2003, United States, Getty Publications , paperback, 300

Reception Odd Man Out has been reviewed by Art History, The Art Bulletin, The French Review, and The Burlington Magazine.

It won the 1993 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award.

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