Edgar Degas

Before the ballet



Edgar Degas - Before the ballet



Edgar Degas
Before the ballet
1888
40 x 89 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: Degas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widener Collection


Literature


Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 704


Provenance


Private collection of Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris
sold 1913 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park
gift 1942 to NGA


External links


National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1942.9.19

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Edgar Degas Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot)
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Edgar Degas Racehorses
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Edgar Degas Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli
Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli
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Edgar Degas Dancers backstage
Dancers backstage
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Edgar Degas Madame Camus
Madame Camus
1869/70