Study for "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre" [verso]
c. 1879
Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

Artwork overview
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Medium
carbon and softground wax transfer on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 32.3 x 24.5 cm (12 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1995.47.36.b
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lemoisne 1946, undescribed
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.
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 left verso stamped in red: Degas (Lugt 658)
Wikidata ID
Q64556378