“‘One had to apologise for the late work,’ [Museum of Fine Arts, Houston director Gary Tinterow] says. ‘It was thought to be that of an old man who could no longer draw, or a reflection of frustration and a loss of manual dexterity.’ [Curator Henri] Loyrette is even more blunt: ‘People said Degas was a blind man.’ It took time and scholarship and subsequent exhibitions, but that feeling has largely dissipated.”