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Materials:

pastel on buff paper

Size Notes:

18 1?2 x 16 7?8 in. (47.5 x 42.9 cm.)

Description:

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Exhibited:

New York, The Grolier Club, Prints, Drawings and Bronzes by Degas, January-February 1922, p. 6, no. 33 (titled Danseuse assise rajustant sa chaussure). New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Edgar Degas, November-December 1978, no. 42 (illustrated in color). Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Degas: The Dancers, November 1984-March 1985, pp. 93-94 and 141, no. 39 (illustrated in color, p. 96; dated circa 1880-1885). New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, March-June 1993, p. 333, no. 233 (illustrated, p. 332). Poughkeepsie, Vassar College, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Refining the Imagination: Tradition, Collecting, and the Vassar Education, April-September 1999, p. 150, no. 58 (illustrated in color, p. 151; dated circa 1880-1885).

Literature:

Manzi-Joyant et Cie., ed., Vingt dessins de Degas, Paris, 1897, no. 16 (illustrated in color). P. Lafond, Degas, Paris, 1919, vol. II, p. 75 (titled Danseuse assise sur une banquette). H.O. Havemeyer Collection: Catalogue of Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Objects of Art, Portland, Maine, 1931, p. 380 (titled Ballet Girl). P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, New York, 1946, vol. III, p. 532, no. 913 (illustrated, p. 533). L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, p. 378, no. 119 (illustrated; titled Danseuse attachant ses rubans and dated circa 1880). F. Weitzenhoffer, The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America, New York, 1986, p. 130 (illustrated in color, p. 145, pl. 88). R. Gordon and A. Forge, Degas, New York, 1988, p. 197 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1880-1885). J. Heilpern, “The Bass Reserve? in Vogue, December 1988, p. 345 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home). L. Schacherl, Edgar Degas: Dancers and Nudes, New York, 1997, p. 15 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Boussod, Valadon & Cie., Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Havemeyer, New York (acquired from the above, before 1907). Electra Havemeyer Webb, New York (by descent from the above, 1929). Electra Webb Bostwick, New York (by descent from the above, 1960). Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 25 April 1978). Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1981). Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London (acquired from the above, 13 March 1981). Juan Alvarez de Toledo, New York (acquired from the above, 24 March 1982); sale, Christie’s, New York, 12 November 1985, lot 22. Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale). Acquired from the above by the late owner, 15 November 1985.