Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing
c. 1880
Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

Artwork overview
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Medium
charcoal counterproof on buff wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 35.9 x 48.9 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1985.64.167
Artwork history & notes
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, Paris, 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 355a) 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
Exhibition History
1986
Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 1986.
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.
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. 233, repro. (shown only in Paris)
Inscriptions
lower right Degas atelier stamp (Lugt 657)
Wikidata ID
Q64556359