Edgar Degas, French, b. Paris, 1834–1917 Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
17 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (43.2 x 19.2 x 13.4 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
(c. 1896-1911/cast 1919-1925)
Provenance:
Galerie Hébrard, Paris, to 1926
[Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, 1926]
[Max Kaganovitch, Paris, probably 1920s-1958]
[Hanover Gallery, London, to 9 July 1958]
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 9 July 1958-31 August 1981
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Exhibition History:
GALERIE FLECHTHEIM, Berlin. "Das Plastische Werk von Edgar Degas," May 1926, no. 57, cat. by Curt Glaser and Wilhelm Hausenstein. TOUR: MODERNE GALERIE (Thannhauser), Munich, July-August 1926; GALERIE ARNOLD, Dresden, September 1926.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC. "Generations," 28 May 1987-15 May 1988, no. 14, p. 263, ill. p. 24.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (organizer). "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum." TOUR: TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM, China, 25 March-28 May 1995, p. 58, ill. p. 59; separate catalogue for Japan, no. 9, ill. p. 55. TOUR: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan, 1 July-6 August 1995; ODAKYU MUSEUM, Tokyo, 9-28 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December.
MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, SANTA FE. "Explorations in Bronze: Degas and Contemporary New Mexico Sculptors," 10 June-18 September 2005.
STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK INSTITUTE, Williamstown, Massachusetts. "Picasso Looks at Degas," 13 June-12 September 2010, fig. 228, ill. p. 206; p. 339. TOUR: MUSEE PICASSO, Barcelona, 14 October-16 January 2011.
TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART, Florida. "Degas: Form, Movement and the Antique," 12 March-19 June 2011.
FONDATION BEYELER, Riehen, Switzerland. “Degas: The Late Work,” 30 September 2012-27 January 2013.
Published References:
REWALD, JOHN. Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue (New York: Pantheon, 1944), no. 63, p. 27, ill. p. 128. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
REWALD, JOHN. Degas Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1956), no. 63, p. 155, pl. 65. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
MILLARD, CHARLES W. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1976), p. 113, fig. 127.
REWALD, JOHN. Degas's Complete Sculpture (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990), no. 63, pp. 164-165.
