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lower right with atelier stamp: Degas

Provenance

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas [1834-1917], the artist; (Degas sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6-8 May 1918, no. 96); purchased by (Paul Rosenberg et Cie, Paris); sold by 1931 through (Goupil & Cie, London) to Herbert C. Coleman, London and Manchester, England; (Paul Rosenberg et Cie., Paris);[1] sold March 1938 to Chester Dale, New York; gift 1963 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1870
Salon of 1870, Paris, no. 758 as Portrait de Mme C.
1876
Probably Le 2e Exposition de Peinture [Second Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1876, no. 43 as Portrait, le soir.
1931
Degas, Portraitiste, Sculpteur, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1931, no. 49
1932
Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1932, no. 461
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1986
The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, no. 24, repro. [Washington only]
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2019
Degas at the Opera, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019-2020, no. 73, repro. (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1941
Catalogue of French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 6, repro. pl. XI
1942
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 36, repro.
1944
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 36, repro.
1946
Lemoisne, Paul André. Degas et son oeuvre. 4 vols. Paris, 1946-1949.
1953
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 46, repro.
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 326, repro.
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 75, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 39.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 32, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 98, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 474, no. 701, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 120, repro.
1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London, 1986:81, repro.
1991
Gingold, Diane J., and Elizabeth A.C. Weil. The Corporate Patron. New York, 1991: 32, color repro.
1997
Bailey, Colin B. Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an age.Yale University Press New Haven and London, in association with National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, 1997,no. 64,repro.
1997
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 267, repro.

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