Studies of Feet [verso]

1855

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.5 x 23.7 cm (12 x 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.47.32.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

René De Gas; Marcel Guérin, Paris; Richard S. Davis, Minneapolis, MN; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1963; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Degas: Portraitiste, Sculpteur. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1931, no. 81.

1948

  • Seventy Master Drawings. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1948-1949, no. 64.

1949

  • One Hundred Master Drawings. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1949, 176-177.

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 222, repro.

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washigton, 1974, 48, B.

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 135, as René de Gas.

1999

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

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 213.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite: à René / E Degas 1855.

Wikidata ID

Q64556369

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