Mlle Bécat

c. 1877/1878

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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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

    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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