Edgar Degas
Portrait of Joseph-Henri Altès
186825.1 x 20 cm, with added strips 27 x 21.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed upper left: Degas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
Provenance
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1902-3, bought from the artist on 11 December 1902, sold on 12 February 1903 to Durand-Ruel, New York
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1903, sold on 4 March 1903, to Havemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, 1903-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
Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass
c. 1882-85
c. 1882-85
The Laundresses
1884-86
1884-86
The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"
1871
1871
Lady in Black
Two Men
c. 1865-69
c. 1865-69