Edgar Degas
Portraits at the Stock Exchange
c. 1878-7972.1 x 58.1 cm
Pastel on paper, pieced, and laid down on canvas
Signed lower right: Degas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Janice H. Levin, 1991
Provenance
the sitter, Ernest May, Paris, bought from the artist, until d. 1925
his son, Jacques-Ernest May, Paris, 1925-at least 1946
with Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York
Norton Simon, Pasadena, until 1971
his sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 5, 1971, no. 36, to Levin
Philip and Janice H. Levin, New York, his d. 1971
Janice H. Levin, New York, 1971-d. 2001
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Janice H. Levin, 1991
Other works by Edgar Degas
Women at a Terrace
1877
1877
Bather Stepping into a Tub
c. 1890
c. 1890
Ballet dancers
c. 1877
c. 1877
Woman Combing Her Hair
c. 1888-90
c. 1888-90
The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841-1878)
1873
1873