Edgar Degas
Dancers at the Old Opera House
c. 187721.8 x 17.1 cm
Pastel
Signed lower right: Degas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 705
Provenance
Théodore Duret (1837-1927), Paris
his sale, 19 March 1894, nr. 12
with Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Antonin Proust, Paris
with M. Knoedler and Co., Paris
with César de Hauke, New York
Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
gift 1930 to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901-1969), New York
bequest 1970 to NGA
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At the Toilette, Woman Combing her Hair
c. 1895-1900
c. 1895-1900
After the bath
c. 1896-99
c. 1896-99
Russian Dancers
1899
1899
Girl drying herself
1885
1885
Portrait of Mme Ernst May
1881-82
1881-82