Woman by a Fireplace
1880/1890
Artist, French, 1834 - 1917
Artwork overview
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Medium
monotype on heavy laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 27.5 x 37.7 cm (10 13/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 32.7 x 49 cm (12 7/8 x 19 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1985.64.168
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Catalogue Raisonné
Janis 1968, undescribed
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1974
Edgar Degas: The Reluctant Impressionist, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1974, (exhibited as "After the Bath"), no. 102, repro. fig. 7.
1986
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.
1988
Degas, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988-1989 (shown only in Paris and Ottawa), no. 196, repro.
1994
Degas Monotypes, Ordrupgaardsamlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1994-1995, no. 56.
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1999-2000.
2004
The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.
2009
The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009-2010 (Los Angeles and Washington only), repro. p.74.
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2016, no cat.
2024
Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 2024.
Bibliography
1968
Janis, Eugenia Parry, compiler. Degas Monotypes; essay, catalogue, and checklist. Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, 1968.
Inscriptions
center verso Degas atelier stamp (Lugt 657); center verso in blue crayon: 1443
Watermarks
Arches (partial)
Wikidata ID
Q74070774