. >> rose: we conclude with jodi hauptman, the curator talking about the edgar degas exhibition of modern art. >> he is the great chronicler of the ballet. but he was relentlessly experimental and that's what the exhibition seeks to show, the way he defied convention, reached for something new and, in that, that's where his influence is on art of the 20th century and artists of today. >> rose: richard engel, simon de pury and jodi hauptman, when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: there are new developments this week in the fight against i.s.i.s. in a report airing this sunday on nbc's "on assignment," you will learn the identities of 15 americans who have joined up with the jihadis. it is the latest investigation by richard engel, chief foreign correspondent for nbc news and a friend of this program. welcome. >> good to be here as always. >> rose

charlie: the title of the exhibition is "edgar degas, and extreme new beauty." thank you.at to see you. jody: i encourage you all to come and see us. charlie: thank you for joining us. we will see you next time. ♪ shery ahn: the supreme court has compromised on the obama contraceptive case. justices agreed unanimously to send the case to lower courts, saying both sides may be able to resolve the dispute. the court passed up a free-speech case in its own front yard. that move leaves in place and appellate ruling that you can bar protesters from the premises. president obama honored 13 law enforcement officers who risk their lives in duty. he presented the medal of valor in the east room. three santa monica california officers for their response to a 2013 rampage on the community college rambus were honored. voters go to the polls in oregon

edgar degas is one of the most enduring and influential artists of the 19 century.e is best known as a painter and chronicler of the ballet. the museum's first monolithic exhibition of the artist. it features approximately 100 20 monotype's along with some 60-related works, including paintings, drawings and prints. "the new york times" says the exhibition makes the past feel alive and useful. joining me now is jody hoffman, curator in theor department of prints. thank you for being here. jody: it is a pleasure to be back. in the: put degas context of the 21st century? you said,s known, as the great chronicler of the ballet and that is what we associate him with. but he was also wildly experimental, relentlessly excremental. and that is what the exhibition seeks to show, the way he defined convention, reached for something new. and in that and i think that is where his influence really is. we have some really wonderful, important works by the artists. but nobody -- no other curator had really taken it on. we are always thinking about who among the foundational figure

. >> rose: there is a new exhibit at new york's museum of modern art, edgar degas, a of "a strange beauty 19th century artist passion for printmaking. jodi hofmann is the museum senior curator for drawings and prints. put degas in the great context of art in the 20th and 21st century. >> well, he is really, as you just said, known as the chronicler, the great colonicler of the ballet, and that's what we associate him with. he was also wildly experimental, relentlessly experimental, and that's what the exhibition seeks to show, the way he deified convention, reached forking in new. and in that, i think that's where his influence really is on art of the 20th century, and even artists of today. >> rose: what is a monotype? >> that's an important question. so a monotype is essentially a hybrid of drawing and printmaking. and what degas did, what artists do, took a copper plate, draw on it with black painter's ink, make a sandwicha a blank piece of paper and run it through a press. a monotype, it's mono, it's one. but degas, who was always defying what materials are supposed to do, always maki

one, i could clearly see one was by edgar degas. >> reporter: this 1980 degas landscape was a painting his grandparents were forced to sell. simon first saw a color image of it in a book at u.c.l.a. library in 1995. >> so, really, my life changes at that point. >> reporter: the collector who had purchased the degas had donated it to the art institute of chicago. simon and his brother sued and in 1998 were named the rightful owners. they agreed to split the value of the painting with the collector, and the museum bought out their half. the successful claim was the first case of its kind in the u.s., and many more have followed for them and for other families, in other museums and in other countries. >> it's like a forensic job. you're trying to piece together the ownership history of a painting. >> reporter: lucian simmons' job is to check artworks offered to sotheby's auction house and weed out any with a tainted past by checking documents, physically examining the art and checking databases of missing works. >> that process is designed to ascertain whether or not the painting could ha

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