Studies of Feet [verso], 1855

Inscription

lower right verso in graphite: à René / E Degas 1855.

Provenance

René De Gas; Marcel Guérin, Paris; Richard S. Davis, Minneapolis, MN; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1963; gift to NGA, 1995.

Exhibition History

1931

Degas: Portraitiste, Sculpteur. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1931, no. 81.

1948

Seventy Master Drawings. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1948-1949, no. 64.

1949

One Hundred Master Drawings. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1949, 176-177.

1966

French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 222, repro.

1974

Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washigton, 1974, 48, B.

1997

Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 135, as René de Gas.

1999

An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2000

Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 213.

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.

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