 However, in April 1880, Degas abruptly withdrew from the prints journal they had been collaborating on, and without his support the project folded.Degas' withdrawal piqued Cassatt who had worked hard at preparing a print, "In the Opera Box", in a large edition of fifty impressions, no doubt destined for the journal.Although Cassatt's warm feelings for Degas were to last her entire life, she never again worked with him as closely as she had over the prints journal.