Edgar Degas
A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers
186573.7 x 92.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
Literature
Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris,, 1946-48, nr. 125
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 97
Provenance
the artist, Paris, 1865–87, sold on 22 July 1887, to Boussod, Valadon
with Boussod, Valadon, et Cie, Paris, 1887–89, deposited at Goupil, The Hague from 6 April to 9 June 1888, sold on 28 February 1889, to Boivin
Jules-Émile Boivin, Paris, 1889–died 1909
his widow, Mme Jules-Émile Boivin, Paris, 1909–died 1919
her heirs , 1919–20, deposited with Durand-Ruel, Paris on 10 June 1920, sold on 3 July 1920 to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, 1920–21, transferred to New York, 11 November 1920, sold on 28 January 1921 to Havemeyer
Mrs. H.O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, 1921–d. 1929
Other works by Edgar Degas
Dancer
c. 1874
c. 1874
Lorenzo Pagans and Auguste De Gas
c. 1871-72
c. 1871-72
Beach scene
c. 1869
c. 1869
Racehorses
1884
1884
Dancers on stage
c. 1900-05
c. 1900-05