Young Woman in Black

1861/1865

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.5 x 12.8 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.47.31

  • 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


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