Edgar Degas
The Rehearsal Onstage
c. 187453.3 x 72.4 cm
Pastel over brush-and-ink drawing on thin cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas
Signed upper left: Degas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
Provenance
Ernest May, Paris, possibly by 1879, definitely by 1890
his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4 June 1890, nr. 75, bought in
his son, Georges May, Paris, until 1899, sold on 25 January 1899, to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899, sold on 26 January 1899, to Durand-Ruel, New York
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1899, sold on 17 February 1899, to Havemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, 1899-his death 1907
Mrs. H.O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York, 1907-died 1929
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
Other works by Edgar Degas
Girl in red
c. 1866
c. 1866
Mademoiselle Malo
1877
1877
Male Nude
1856
1856
Achille de Gas in the uniform of a cadet
1856/57
1856/57
Portrait of a Young Woman
c. 1858-59
c. 1858-59