Edgar Degas
Russian Dancers

ArtistFrench, 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
On view

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Provenance[Ambroise Vollard, Paris]; Mary S. Higgins, Worcester, Massachusetts; [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, "Impressionists and Modern Paintings and Drawings," March 10, 1971, lot 15]; Mr. and Mr.s. John A. Beck, Houston, 1971; gift to MFAH, 1998.
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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Pastel on paperboard
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c. 1877–1879
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The Russian Dancer
Edgar Degas
1895
Pastel and charcoal on joined paper laid down on board
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Edgar Degas
early 1880s
Charcoal and pastel on wove paper
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Roman Landscape (probably facing Monte Lepini, beyond the town of Velletri)
Edgar Degas
1857
Graphite heightened with white on pink wove paper
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Dancer Putting on Her Stocking
Edgar Degas
c. 1900, cast after 1922
Bronze
80.43
Étude — Homme nu couché (Study of a Reclining Male Nude)
Edgar Degas
1856–1858
Graphite on cream colored paper
89.248.1
Étude — Homme nu couché (Study of a Reclining Male Nude)
Edgar Degas
1856–1858
Graphite on cream colored paper
89.248.2
Woman Drying Herself
Edgar Degas
c. 1905
Charcoal and pastel on tracing paper, mounted by the artist on wove paper
56.21
Head of a Woman
Edgar Degas
1884
Pastel on wove paper
84.406
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Pan-Yo-Pin (Tomas Vigil)
1930–1940
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41.16