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Study of two singers

[Etude de deux chanteuses]

MS : 3099
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago - Illinois - Etats-Unis
Inv. 2019.842

The Artwork

Dimensions
49.2 × 63.7 cm - 19 3/8 × 25 1/16 in.
Period
Circa 1880
Medium
Fusain et craie noire avec touches de craie blanche
Support
Papier brun vert sur carton

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Pietro Romanelli, Paris - Vente Paris-Drouot, 21 novembre 1936, n° 6 - Wildenstein & Cie., Londres et New York. Vendu par Grace Borgenicht, New York à Richard and Mary L. Gray, Chicago, 1 juillet 1980 - Don au  Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

Exhibitions

New York, Wildenstein & Cie., A Comprehensive Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolors, 1958, cat. 59 - New York, Wildenstein & Cie., 1960, Degas, n° 90 - David et Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, Alumni Who Collect, Vol. 1 : Drawings from the 16th Century to the Present, 1982, pp. 48, 51, cat. 55, pl. 22 - The Art Institute of Chicago, Degas in the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984, suppl. n° 11 - The Art Institute of Chicago, Gray Collection : Seven Centuries of Art, 25 septembre 2010-2  janvier  2011, cat. 65 (repr.) - The Art Institute of Chicago, Pure Drawing : Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection, 25 janvier-10 mai 2020, p. 141, GC 96 - Melbourne, Houston, 2016-207, Degas : A New Vision, repr. p. 140.

Bibliography

Stuart Preston, Curtain Calls of ‘57-58, New York Times, 1 juin 1958, (repr.) - François Borne, Alan Wintermute, Old Master Drawings and Paintings, Artemis/C. G. Boerner, 2004, cat. 36 - Boggs,  Cat. exp. Degas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, p. 294.

Last updated : 24/01/2026