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

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 1991.277.1

Other works by Edgar Degas

Portrait of Mme Ernst May
1881-82

Woman Combing Her Hair
c. 1888-90

Women at a Terrace
1877

Ballet dancers
c. 1877

Dancer
c. 1880