Edgar Degas
Étude — Homme nu couché (Study of a Reclining Male Nude)

ArtistFrench, 1834–1917
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Étude — Homme nu couché (Study of a Reclining Male Nude)
Date1856–1858
PlaceFrance
MediumGraphite on cream colored paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 3/4 × 6 7/16 in. (24.8 × 16.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number89.248.1
Non exposé

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ProvenanceEstate of the artist (Lugt 658); [Fourth Degas sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 7-9, 1919, lot 110d, illus., (known as Homme nu couché)]; [Brandt Dayton & Co., Ltd., New York, by November 13, 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition History"Degas: A New Vision," National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, June 24–September 18, 2016; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14, 2016–January 8, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped with signature l.l: Degas (L. 658)

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