Inscription
lower right: Degas
Provenance
Théodore Duret [1837-1927], Paris; (his sale, 19 March 1894, no. 12); (Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris); Antonin Proust [1832-1905], Paris; (M. Knoedler and Co., Paris); (César de Hauke, New York); Andrew W. Mellon [1855-1937], Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; gift 1930 to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1961
- French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 19, repro.
- 1966
- French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 53, repro.
- 1984
- Degas: The Dancers, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984-1985, no. 7, repro.
- 2012
- Impressionism: Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings. Albertina, Vienna, 2012 (not in catalogue).
- 2014
- Degas's Little Dancer. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014-2015, brochure, fig. 2.
- 2019
- Degas at the Opera, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019-2020, no. 130, repro.
Bibliography
- 1946
- Lemoisne, Paul André. Degas et son oeuvre. 4 vols. Paris: Arts et metiers graphiques, 1946-1949. Vols. 2 and 3, 1946. Reprinted in 5 vols., New York and London, 1984.
- 1968
- Bodelsen, Merete. "Early Impressionist Sales 1874-94 in the light of some unpublished 'procès-verbaux'." The Burlington Magazine 110 (June 1968): 346.
- 1970
- Russoli, F. and F. Minervino. L'Opera complete di Degas. Milan, 1970: 110, no. 501 (repr.).
- 1971
- Clay, J. L'Impressionisme. Paris, 1971: 68 (repr. in color).
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 100, repro.
- 1975
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 483, no. 716, color repr.
- 1978
- Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 26, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
- 1984
- Lemoisne, Paul-André. Degas et son Oeuvre. 5 vols. New York, 1984: 2: 236, no. 432.
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 478, no. 705, color repro.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 122, repro.
- 1991
- Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 262, color repro.
- 1991
- Wadley, Nicholas. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing. London, 1991: no. 12.
- 2002
- DeVonyar, Jill and Richard Kendall. Degas and the Dance. Exh. cat. The Detroit [Michigan] Institute of Arts, The Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Museum of Art. New York, 2002: 18, 101, pl. 8.
- 2019
- Schulman, Michael.Edgar Degas, Digital Critical Catalogue. MS-1978.
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