Woman Embroidering, 1855/1860

Not on View

Medium

black chalk and graphite heightened with white on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 38.8 x 25.6 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1995.47.33

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

lower right verso stamped in red: ATELIER / ED. DEGAS (Lugt 657)

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1964; gift to NGA, 1995.

Mellon, Paul

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 223, repro.

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.