Edgar Degas
Landscape

ArtistFrench, 1834–1917
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Landscape
Datec. 1892
PlaceFrance
MediumPastel on paperboard
DimensionsSheet (Irregular): 20 1/8 × 19 7/8 in. (51.1 × 50.5 cm)
Frame: 26 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (67.3 × 67.3 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number91.231
Not on view

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ProvenanceM. Emden, Hamburg; Auction, Bale/Graupe, Berlin, 1931; Ellen and Paul Josefowitz, London; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"From Monet to Matisse: Landscape Painting in France 1874-1914," National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, August 11–October 23, 1994.

"Degas Landscapes," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 21–April 3, 1994; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 24–July 3, 1994.

"Degas: Beyond Impressionism," The National Gallery, London, May 22–August 26, 1996; The Art Institute of Chicago, September 28, 1996–January 12, 1997.

"Turner E Gli Impresionisti. La grande storia del paesaggio moderno in Europa," Museo di Santa Giula, Brescia, Italy, October 28, 2006–April 9, 2007.

"Degas," Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan, September 18–December 31, 2010.

"Degas and the Nude," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 9, 2011–January 29, 2012; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, April 2–July 15, 2012.

"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
Signed at lower left corner, obverse: "Degas"

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