Edgar Degas
Russian Dancers

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Artist Edgar Degas(French, 1834–1917)French, 1834–1917

CultureFrench

Titles

Russian Dancers

Datec. 1899

PlaceParis, France

MediumPastel on tracing paper mounted on cardboard

DimensionsSheet: 24 1/2 × 24 3/4 in. (62.2 × 62.9 cm)
Frame: 2 7/16 × 32 1/2 × 33 1/4 in. (6.2 × 82.6 × 84.5 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.278

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

223 Beck Galleries

Exposé

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

Special Collections

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance[Ambroise Vollard, Paris, by 1914] [1]; acquired by Mary S.[prague] Higgins (c. 1883–1971), Worcester, Massachusetts, after April 1937, by April 1946 [2]; [sold by her estate, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, "Impressionists and Modern Paintings and Drawings," 10 March 1971, lot 15, illus. in color]; [Acquavella Galleries, New York, 1971]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1971 [3]; given to MFAH, 1998.

[1] No. 1183. Numerous images of this work appear in the Vollard archives. [See Base Vollard, Clichés. Fonds d’Archives de la Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Paris, Documentation du Musée d’Orsay (ODO 1996 56) consulted by Robert McD. Parker, October 2024.].

[2] Vollard was the lender to the spring 1937 exhibition at the Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris.

[3] Invoice from Acquavella Galleries, Inc. to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, dated 16 March 1971. (MFAH Object File; confirmed by Julia May Boddewyn, 10 December 2024).

Exhibition History"Degas," Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1937.

Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1946.

"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.

"Degas," National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed lower left: "Degas"

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