Edgar Degas
Dancer Putting on Her Stocking

ArtistFrench, 1834–1917
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Dancer Putting on Her Stocking
Datec. 1900, cast after 1922
PlaceFrance
MediumBronze
Dimensions18 3/8 × 12 × 7 1/2 in. (46.7 × 30.5 × 19 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the estate of Mrs. Harry C. Wiess, the Vale-Asche Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith in memory of Mrs. Harry C. Wiess
Object number80.43
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[Okana Gallery, London (label on base)]; [Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York (label on base)]; [Harriet Griffin Gallery, New York]; Given to MFAH, 1980.
Exhibition History"A Century of Modern Sculpture 1882–1982," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14, 1983–January 31, 1984.

"Edgar Degas: The Painter of Dancers," The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, October 18, 2002–January 12, 2003; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, February 16–May 11, 2003.

"Degas: Figures in Motion," Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, January 22–May 30, 2010.

"Degas: Form, Movement and the Antique," Tampa Museum of Art, Florida, March 12–June 19, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Upper part of base, behind heel, stamped:
"cire perdue A A HÉBRARD"
Upper part of base, besides founder's stamp
29 ---- J
Signature of the artist located on upperpart of base, behind foot: "Degas"

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