Study for "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre" [recto]

c. 1879

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image features a sketch of two women on a sheet of paper. The woman on the left is shown standing with her back to the viewer, wearing a long coat and a hat. The woman on the right is seated, facing the left, with curly hair and dressed in a long garment. The sketch is framed by geometric lines, with minimal background, and it is signed "Degas" in red in the lower left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with blind stylus on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.3 x 24.5 cm (12 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.47.36.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Associated Artworks

The image shows a sketch with two figures: a seated woman holding a book, and a standing figure with a walking cane.

Study for "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre" [verso]

Edgar Degas

1879

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(4th Degas sale, Paris, 2-4 July 1919, no. 250b); Marcel Guérin, Paris; Mr. [d. 1970] and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, by 1966; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Drawings by Degas. City Art Museum of Saint Louis, and tour, 1966-1967, no. 85

1970

  • An Exhibition of the Works of Edgar Degas (1834-1917) at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute with Selected Loans from Other Collections. Williamstown, MA, 1970: no. 27.

1999

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

2014

  • Degas/Cassatt, NGA, 2014, no.

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.

1964

  • Moses, Paul. An Exhibition of Etchings by Edgas Degas. Exh. cat. The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, 1964: under no. 30.

1984

  • Reed, Sue Welsh, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984: 168-174 (no. 51)

1996

  • White, Barbara Ehrlich. Impressionists Side by Side: Their Friendships, Rivalries, and Artistic Exchanges. New York, 1996: 201, recto and verso repro.

Markings

recto: at lower left stamped in red: Degas (Lugt 658); at upper right, stamped in red: Atelier Ed. Degas (Lugt 657)

Wikidata ID

Q64556374

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