Edgar Degas

Violinist, Study for "The Dance Lesson"

Edgar Degas

Violinist, Study for "The Dance Lesson"

c. 1878-79
39.1 x 29.8 cm
Pastel and charcoal on green wove paper; squared for transfer in charcoal; letterpress printing on verso
Stamped in red ink, lower left: mark of the Degas estate sale (Lugt 658); stamped in red ink on the verso, lower right, with the mark of the Degas atelier (Lugt 657); stamped in brown ink, lower center, with the mark of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1918

Related works

Study for:

Edgar Degas
The Dance Lesson
c. 1879

Provenance

From the Atelier Degas, sold at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2eme vente Degas, Paris, Dec. 11-13, 1918, no. 171, to MMA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1918

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 19.51.1

Other works by Edgar Degas

Woman Having Her Hair Combed
c. 1886-88

Three dancers in the wings
c. 1900-10

Dancers in the wings
c. 1897-1901

The beached boat
c. 1869

Dancers
c. 1897-1900