Edgar Degas

A Woman Ironing



Edgar Degas - A Woman Ironing



Edgar Degas
A Woman Ironing
1873
54.3 x 39.4 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: Degas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929


Provenance

with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1873-74, bought from the artist on 6 or 14 June
transferred winter 1873 to Durand-Ruel, London
returned to Durand-Ruel, Paris, sold on 5 or 6 March 1874 to Jean-Baptiste Faure for Degas
the artist, Edgar Degas, Paris, 1874-92, sold on 29 February 1892 to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1892-94, deposited with Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 3 November 1893-13 February 1894, sold on 4 October 1894 to Durand-Ruel, New York
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1894, sold on 18 December 1894, to Havemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, 1894-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

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 29.100.46

Other works by Edgar Degas


Edgar Degas Portrait of a Young Woman
Portrait of a Young Woman
c. 1858-59

Edgar Degas The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer's Opera 'Robert le Diable'
The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer's Opera 'Robert le Diable'
1876

Edgar Degas Portrait of a Woman in Gray
Portrait of a Woman in Gray
c. 1865

Edgar Degas Copy after The Finding of Moses by Veronese
Copy after The Finding of Moses by Veronese
late 1860s

Edgar Degas Mademoiselle Marie Dihau
Mademoiselle Marie Dihau
1867-68