Edgar Degas

The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841-1878)



Edgar Degas - The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841-1878)



Edgar Degas
The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841-1878)
1873
47.3 x 38.4 cm
Pastel on green wove paper, now darkened to brown
Signed and dated lower right: Degas / 1873
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929


Provenance

Edmond Taigny, Paris, until about 1896, sold probably 1896 through Alphonse Portier to Havemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, about 1896-his d. 1907
Mrs. H.O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York, 1907-d. 1929
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 29.100.40

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Edgar Degas At the Milliner's
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Edgar Degas Dancer
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