©National Gallery of Art, Washington

Dancer Seen from Behind and Studies of Feet

[Danseuse vue de dos et études de pieds]

MS : 2188
Museum
National Gallery of Art , Washington - District de Columbia - Etats-Unis
Inv. 1945.61

The Artwork

Dimensions
47 × 61 cm - 18 1/2 × 24 in.
Period
1887
Support
papier
Medium
Pastel, craie noire
Stamp
Vente Degas (en bas à gauche)

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Vente Degas, 1918, II, n° 190 (repr.) - Durand-Ruel & Cie, Paris - Myron Hofer - National Gallery, Washington, 1945 (Don Myron Hofer).

Exhibitions

San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1947, 19th Century French Drawings, n° 92 (repr.) - Washington, National Gallery, 1984-1985, The Dancers, n° 29 (repr.) - Vienne, Albertina, 2012, Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings (Pas au catalogue) - Washington, National Gallery, 2012-2013, Degas's Little Dancer, fig. 5 - Paris, musée d'Orsay, 2019-2020, Degas à l'Opéra, cat. 164, repr. p. 168.

Bibliography

Lemoisne, 1946-1949, III, n° 912, repr. p. 533 - Browse, [1949], n° 368, repr. p. 90 - Shackelford, Cat. exp. National Gallery, Washington, The Dancers, n° 29 (repr.) - Dumas, "Dancer Seen from Behind by Degas", Porticus : Journal of the Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, XVIII-XIX, 1994-1996, p. 23-24, repr. p. 22.

Last updated : 15/09/2022