©National Gallery of Art, Washington
Woman reading a book
[Femme lisant un livre]
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington - District de Columbia - Etats-Unis
- Inv. 1995.47.35
The Artwork
- Dimensions
- 48 × 31 cm - 18 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.
- Period
- Circa 1879
- Medium
- Fusain et craie noire avec estompe rehaussé de craie blanche
- Support
- Papier gris vert
- Stamp
- Vente Degas (en bas à gauche)
Additional information
History
Atelier Degas - Vente Degas, 1919, III, n° 150.2 (repr.) - Wildenstein & Cie, New York, février-mars 1944, French Pastels and Drawing from Clouet to Degas, n° 113 - Vente Sotheby's, Londres, 1 juillet 1964, n° 62 - Frank Perls - M. et Mme Harold Mirish, Bervely Hills, c. 1966 - [Knoedler & Co., New York] - M. et Mme Paul Mellon, Virginie, 1995 - Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1995 [Don Mellon]
Exhibitions
New York, Wildenstein& Cie., 1944, French Pastels and Drawings from Clouet to Degas, n° 113 - Saint-Louis, Philadelphie, Minneapolis,1976, Drawings by Degas, n° 86, repr. p. 137 – Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma, 2012, Vernet to Villon : Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawing from the National Gallery of Art, n° 20 - Washington, National Gallery of Art, 2014, Degas/Cassatt, n° 36, repr. p. 53 - Washington, National Gallery of Art, 2016, In Celebration of Paul Mellon.
Bibliography
Boggs, Cat. exp. Saint-Louis, Philadelphie, Minneapolis, 1967, Drawings by Degas, n° 86, repr. p. 137 - Forge, Gordon, 1988, Degas, p. 122 - Paris, Ottawa, New York, 1988-1989, Degas, fig. 150, repr. p. 320.
Last updated : 06/02/2026
