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Ballet at the Opera

[Ballet à l’Opéra]

MS : 373
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago - Illinois - Etats-Unis
Inv. 1981.12

The Artwork
Dimensions
35 × 71 cm - 13 3/4 × 27 15/16 in.
Period
1877
Medium
Pastel sur monotype
Support
papier
Signature
en bas à gauche : Degas

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Albert Hecht, Paris, 1924 – Mme Albert Hecht (Sa femme) jusqu'en 1924 au moins - Suzanne Hecht [Mme Emmanuel Pontremoli, Paris, 1939-1956 [Selon Lemoisne 1946] – Mary et Leigh Block, Chicago, 1967 – The Art Institute of Chicago, 1981 [Don Mary et Leigh Block].

Exhibitions

Paris, galerie  Georges Petit, 1924, n° 113 – Washington, Los Angeles, 1967, n° 6 – Degas in the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984, n° 31, repr. p. 72 – Detroit, Philadelphie, 2002-2003, n° 183, repr. p. 165 [Détroit seulement) - Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 2008, cat. 40, p. 91 (repr.) - The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-2016, Degas : At the Track. On the Stage [Sans catalogue] - Paris, Washington, 2019-2020, Degas à l'Opéra, fig. 116, repr. p. 137.

Bibliography

Lemoisne, 1946-1949, II, n° 513, repr. p. 285 - Boggs, Burlington Magazine 110, juillet 1968, p. 429-430 (repr.) - Lassaigne, Minervino, 1974, n° 724, repr. p. 120 - Shackelford, Cat. exp. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984-1985, Degas. The Dancers, fig. 1.6, repr. p. 39 - San Francisco, 1986, The New Paintings 1874-1886, p. 204 - Brettell, 1987, p. 20-22, repr. p. 117 - Boggs, Maheux, 1992, Degas Pastels, p. 52 (repr.) - Wood, May, The Art Institute of Chicago : The Essential Guide, 1993, p. 214 (repr.) - Boggs, 1996, p. 30-31, repr. p. 82, p. 108, pl. 11 - Wood, 2000, p. 49 (repr.) - Wood, May, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide, 2003, p. 214 (repr.) - Jennifer Gross, Edgar Degas : Defining the Modernist Edge, 2003, fig. 8, repr. p. 26 - Benedetti, Cat. exp. Classico e Moderno, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2004, p. 233 - Jarbouai, Cat. exp. Paris, Washington, 2019-2020, Degas à l'Opéra, fig. 116, fepr. p. 137.

Last updated : 25/06/2026

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