Laundress Carrying Linen, c. 1885/1895

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Medium

charcoal counterproof on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 45.4 x 59.2 cm (17 7/8 x 23 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Armand Hammer Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Lemoisne 1946, no. 1420, State counterproof of

Accession Number

1991.217.24

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

lower left, atelier stamp: Degas

Provenance

Atelier Degas (sold Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, fourth sale, July 2-4, 1919, no. 357); René de Gas (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 10 November 1927, no. 50); purchased by (Jean Metthey, Paris). Monsieur S--; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13 November 1969, no. 20 and plate III); Armand Hammer Collection, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Degas, Atelier
Drouot, Hôtel
Drouot, Hôtel
Galerie Georges Petit
Gas, René de
Hammer Foundation, Armand, The
Metthey, Jean
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)

Exhibition History

1970: Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1970 to 1987, starting with Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans; except Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1971.

2007: Degas and the Art of Japan, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, 2007.

2015: Degas, an Impressionist Painter?, Musée des impressionnismes, Giverny, France, 2015.

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.