Edgar Degas

Before the ballet



Edgar Degas - Before the ballet

Literature

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

Other works by Edgar Degas


Edgar Degas Dancers backstage
Dancers backstage
c. 1890

Edgar Degas Madame René de Gas
Madame René de Gas
1872-73

Edgar Degas Dancer
Dancer
c. 1874

Edgar Degas Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli
Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli
c. 1865

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