Mlle Bécat

c. 1877/1878

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image shows a partially visible person's upper body in an indistinct seated or standing posture with bent arms. The facial features are vague, and there is long hair falling down the sides. The person is wearing a long garment, and the background consists of abstract light and dark areas with vertical brushstroke-like markings on the sides. There are no visible jewelry or objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    monotype on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.9 x 11.9 cm (6 1/4 x 4 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3830

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Janis 1968, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1984

  • Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, 1984-1985, no. 30b, repro.

1994

  • Degas Monotypes, Ordrupgaardsamlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1994-1995, no. 4.

2016

  • Degas: Impressions, The Museum of Modern Art, 2016.

Bibliography

1968

  • Janis, Eugenia Parry, compiler. Degas Monotypes; essay, catalogue, and checklist. Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, 1968.

1984

  • Reed, Sue Welsh, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984: no.30b.

Watermarks

"FRE" block letters (most likely Canson Freres)

Wikidata ID

Q64955693

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