Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing, c. 1880

Not on View

Medium

charcoal on tan laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 32 x 48 cm (12 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1985.64.88

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right Degas atelier stamp (Lugt 657)

Provenance

(Degas sale, 22-23 November 1918, no. 201); Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 June 1935, lot F); David David-Weill [1871-1952], Neuilly-sur-Seine; [1] (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, 25-26 May 1971, no. 56); acquired by Walter Feilchenfeldt for Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1985 to NGA.

[1] During World War II the drawing was confiscated by the Nazi Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR, no. D-W 355) from the David-Weill collection in France, and recovered by David-Weill after the war. David-Weill was president of the Conseil artistique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux. His claim for objects not recovered after the war is published in the Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre 1939-1945, Groupe français du conseil de controle, 1947.

Associated Names

David-Weill, David
Drouot, Hôtel
ERR
Feilchenfeldt, Walter M.
Mellon, Paul
Vollard, Ambroise

Exhibition History

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

2005: "Edgar Degas: Six Friends at Dieppe", Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 2005-2006.

2016: Degas: Impressions, The Museum of Modern Art, 2016.

2019: Degas at the Opera, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019-2020, no. 232, repro. (shown only in Washington)

Bibliography

2016: "Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing by Edgar Degas." Drawing (Winter 2016): 10 (detail, in color).