Young Woman in Black
1861/1865
Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 15.5 x 12.8 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
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Accession
1995.47.31
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lemoisne 1946, no. 100
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
[Paul?] Mathey, Paris; (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 224, repro.
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 134, as Young Woman in Black.
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.
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.
1970
Minervino, Fiorella. L'Opera completa di Degas. Milan, 1970: no. 157.
1984
Lemoisne, Paul-André. Degas et son Oeuvre. 5 vols, New York (1984): 2: 50-51, no. 100.
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: A. 4394
Wikidata ID
Q64556367