©National Gallery of Art, Washington

Before the ballet

[Avant le ballet]

MS : 1996
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington - District de Columbia - Etats-Unis
Inv. 26.71

The Artwork
Dimensions
32 × 25 cm - 12 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.
Period
Circa 1877
Medium
Pastel
Support
Papier
Lemoisne
II-500, p. 277

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Paris, 35 boulevard des Capucines, n° 500 (?) - Georges Charpentier, Paris - Adolphe Tavernier, Paris - Vente Tavernier, Paris, galerie Georges Petit, 6 mars 1900, n° 117 (repr.) - Durand-Ruel & Cie, New York - Tavernier, Paris - William Clark, Washington, 1926 - Washington, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1926 [Don William Clark] - National Gallery of Art, Washongton, 2014.

Exhibitions

Paris, 35 boulevard des Capucines,1881,  n° 500 ? - New York, Wildenstein & Cie., 1959, (n.n.), repr. p. 30 - New York, Wildenstein & Cie., 1970, n° 44 - Washington, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1978 - Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1984-1985, Degas. The Dancers, n° 4, repr. p. 32. et p. 130-131.

Bibliography

Catalogue Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1932, n° 2071 - Lafond, Degas, 1918-1919, I, p. 36 (repr.) - Manson, Edgar Degas, 1927, pl. 63 - Mauclair, 1945, p. 152 (repr.) - Lemoisne, 1946-1949, II, n° 500, repr. p. 277 - Dumont, Degas, 1948, repr. p. 26 - Lassaigne, Minervino, 1974, n° 540, repr. p. 111 - Jennifer Gross, Edgar Degas : Defining the Modernist Edge, fig. 7, repr. p. 24.

Last updated : 14/04/2026

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