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Dancer doing pointe work

[Danseuse faisant des pointes]

MS : 3627
Location
Private Collection

The Artwork

Dimensions
33.1 × 39.2 cm - 13 1/16 × 15 7/16 in.
Period
Circa 1879
Medium
Gouache et pastel
Support
soie

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Durand-Ruel, Paris - Charles Haviland, Paris - [Galerie Schmit, Paris] - Collection particulière.

Exhibitions

Paris, "Gazette des Beaux-Arts", 1955, Degas dans les collections françaises, n° 78 (repr.) - Londres, Royal Academy of Arts, 2011, Degas and the Ballet. Picturing Movement, n° 20, repr. p. 61.

Bibliography

Gerstein, "Degas's Fans", Art Bulletin, LVIV, 1982, pp. 109, 112 n. 32 - Brame, Reff, 1984, n° 73, repr. p. 79 - DeVonyar, Kendall, Cat. exp. Londres, Royal Academy of Arts, 2011, Degas and the Ballet. Picturing Movement, n° 20, repr. p. 61.

Last updated : 31/01/2026