Hortense Valpinçon

1883

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image shows a portrait drawing of a woman's head and neck in profile view. The woman faces to the left, revealing her facial features: a defined nose and chin, with a subtle expression on her lips. Her dark hair is tied back in a bun. There are no visible clothes or jewelry. The background is plain. The artist's signature "Degas" is at the bottom left corner of the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel and graphite on wove paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.3 x 16 cm (8 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
    support: 28.9 x 22.4 cm (11 3/8 x 8 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.47.34

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, no. 722

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(4th Degas sale, Paris, 16 November 1918, 73b); Nunès and Fiquet Collection, Paris; Marcel Guérin, Paris; Guillaume Guérin, Sanary-sur-mer, Var, France, by 1966; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1967; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Drawings by Degas, City Art Museum of Saint Louis; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts (Jean Sutherland Boggs), 1966-1967, no 114.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1922

  • Rivière, Henri. Les dessins de Degas. Paris, 1922-1923: no. 30, repr.(see also 1973 reprint, Degas' Drawings, New York, 1973: no. 71).

1931

  • Lemoisne, Paul-André. "A propos des Degas de la Collection de M. Marcel Guérin." L'Amour de l'Art (July 1931): 286, fig. 48.

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.

1962

  • Boggs, Jean Sutherland. Portraits by Degas. Berkeley, CA, 1962: no. 125.

1970

  • Minervino, Fiorella. L'Opera completa di Degas. Milan, 1970: no. 603.

1984

  • Lemoisne, Paul-André. Degas et son Oeuvre 5 vols. New York, 1984: 410-411, no. 722.

1988

  • Boggs, Jean Sutherland. Degas. Exh. cat. Grand Palais, Paris, and tour, 1988: 410, under no. 243, fig. 221 (repro.).

1994

  • Baumann, Felix and Marianne Karabelnik, eds. Degas Portraits. Exh. cat. London: 1994, p. 64 (repr).

Inscriptions

lower right stamped in red: Degas (Lugt 658)

Wikidata ID

Q64556371

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