Woman Embroidering

1855/1860

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

Edgar Degas

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk and graphite heightened with white on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    1995.47.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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.

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

Wikidata ID

Q64556370

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