Edgar Degas, 1882

Not on View

Medium

graphite on paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 48.2 x 31.5 cm (19 x 12 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1995.47.57

Artists / Makers

Paul Mathey (artist) French, 1844 - 1929

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: à mon ami Degas P. Mathey; lower right in graphite: Fevrier 1882; by later hands, center verso in graphite: 33603 / 1; lower right in graphite: 57 x 39 / 48

Provenance

(Degas sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15-16 November 1918, no. 223); R. Nepveu-de Gas; (The Lefevre Gallery, London); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1967; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1997: The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997-1998, no. 888.

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, 218.