Two Women, c. 1878/1880

Not on View

Medium

pastel over watercolor and charcoal on tan laid paper, mounted to board

Dimensions

overall: 29.21 × 44.45 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)

framed: 47.63 × 63.5 × 6.35 cm (18 3/4 × 25 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2014.136.176

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in chalk: "Degas"

Provenance

Estate of William A. Clark; Bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Stored at John Handley High School in Winchester, VA from 1942-1944; Acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Clark, William Andrews
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1959: Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1959, 32.

1978: The William A. Clark Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, April 26 - July 16, 116, no. 96.

1983: Sargent's Contemporaries, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 4 June - 28 August 1983, unpublished checklist, no. 8.

2000: Degas and America: The Early Collectors, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, February 3-May 27, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 16-Septemeber 9, no. 39.

2015: Focus on the Corcoran: Works on Paper, 1860-1990, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015.

2019: The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1927: Manson, JB. The Life and Works of Edgar Degas. London, The Studio, Pl. 57 (repr.).

1946: Lemoisne, Paul André. Degas et son Oeuvre. 4 vols. Paris, 1946-1949: 2:280-281, no. 434.

1948: Dumont, Henri. Degas. New York, 1948: 9 (repr.).

2019: Schulman, Michael.Edgar Degas, Digital Critical Catalogue. MS-1997.