©Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Russian dancers

[Danseuses russes]

MS : 384
Museum
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Texas - Etats-Unis
Inv. 98.278

The Artwork
Dimensions
62 × 62 cm - 24 7/16 × 24 7/16 in.
Period
1899
Medium
Pastel et fusain
Support
Papier-calque
Signature
en bas à gauche : Degas

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Ambroise Vollard, Paris – Mary S. Higgins, Worcester – Vente Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, 10 mars 1971, n° 15 (repr.) – M. et Mme John A. Beck, Houston – Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1973 (Don Audrey Jones Beck).

Exhibitions

Paris, musée de l'Orangerie, 1937, n° 181 – Worcester Art Museum,  1946, Modern French Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr et Mrs Aldus C. Higgins, En prêt (Sans catalogue)  – Worcester Art Museum, MA., 1954, French Paintings in a Private Collection in Worcester [Non numéroté. Figure dans la liste des oeuvres exposées] - Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, p. 34, repr. p. 35 – Paris, Ottawa, New York, 1988-1989, n° 368, repr. p. 583 [Ottawa et New York seulement] - Melbourne, Houston, 2016-2017, Degas : A New Vision, repr. p. 169.

Bibliography

Vollard, Album Degas, 1914, pl. V - Lemoisne, 1946-1949, III, n° 1183, repr. p. 687 - Lassaigne, Minervino, 1974, n° 1075, repr. p 134 - Shapiro, 1982, p. 9-22, fig. 1 - Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, 1986, The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck, p. 38, repr. p. 39 - Loyrette, 1991, p. 580 - Singapour, Canberra, Raleigh, Portland, Chicago, 1999-2000, fig. 2, repr. p. 34 - Copenhague, Columbus, 2006-2007, fig. 81, repr. p. 83.

Last updated : 25/06/2026

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