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The William I. Koch Collection
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Scène de ballet
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Scène de ballet
signed 'Degas' (lower right)
pastel over monotype on paper
7 7⁄8 x 16 in. (20 x 40.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1879
Scène de ballet
signed 'Degas' (lower right)
pastel over monotype on paper
7 7⁄8 x 16 in. (20 x 40.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1879
Provenance
Annie Riddle Scott, Philadelphia (probably acquired from the artist, circa 1880, then by descent); sale, Christie's, London, 1 July 1975, lot 13.
Private collection, England (acquired at the above sale).
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Washington, D.C.; sale, Christie's, New York, 8 May 2000, lot 20.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, England (acquired at the above sale).
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Washington, D.C.; sale, Christie's, New York, 8 May 2000, lot 20.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. II, pp. 320-321, no. 568 (illustrated).
E.P. Janis, Degas Monotypes, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1968, no. 10 (illustrated; titled Three Ballet Dancers).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 120, no. 735 (illustrated).
J. Adhémar and F. Cachin, Degas: The Complete Etchings, Lithographs and Monotypes, London, 1974, pp. 269 and 281, no. J10 (titled Trois danseuses de ballet).
P. Schjeldahl, “Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty” in The New Yorker, vol. 92, no. 7, 1 April 2016, p. 12 (illustrated).
E.P. Janis, Degas Monotypes, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1968, no. 10 (illustrated; titled Three Ballet Dancers).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 120, no. 735 (illustrated).
J. Adhémar and F. Cachin, Degas: The Complete Etchings, Lithographs and Monotypes, London, 1974, pp. 269 and 281, no. J10 (titled Trois danseuses de ballet).
P. Schjeldahl, “Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty” in The New Yorker, vol. 92, no. 7, 1 April 2016, p. 12 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April-May 1920, p. 10, no. 74 (titled The Dancers).
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Degas, November-December 1936, pp. 28 and 80, no. 28 (illustrated; titled Ballet Dancers).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., A Loan Exhibition of Degas, April-May 1949, p. 55, no. 47.
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Degas Monotypes, April-June 1968, no. 10 (illustrated; titled Three Ballet Dancers).
Billings, Yellowstone Art Museum, Masterpieces from the William I. Koch Collection, July 2000-January 2001.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, August-November 2005, p. 54 (illustrated; titled Ballet Dancers).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, March-July 2016, pp. 77 and 228, no. 22 (illustrated).
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Degas, November-December 1936, pp. 28 and 80, no. 28 (illustrated; titled Ballet Dancers).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., A Loan Exhibition of Degas, April-May 1949, p. 55, no. 47.
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Degas Monotypes, April-June 1968, no. 10 (illustrated; titled Three Ballet Dancers).
Billings, Yellowstone Art Museum, Masterpieces from the William I. Koch Collection, July 2000-January 2001.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, August-November 2005, p. 54 (illustrated; titled Ballet Dancers).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, March-July 2016, pp. 77 and 228, no. 22 (illustrated).
Presentado por
Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale