Edgar Degas - Dancer



Edgar Degas
Dancer
1880-85
48.9 x 32.4 cm
Pastel on paper, laid down on board
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, 2007


Provenance


Mme Grandjean, until 1919
sold 7 February 1919 to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1919-20, sold 11 November or 20 December 1920 to Durand-Ruel, New York
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1920-26, sold 15 October 1926 to Turner
Percy Moore Turner, London, 1926-29
probably his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 May 1929, nr. 26, sold to Kojanovicz
Kojanovicz, Zurich, 1929-54
Dr. Fritz Nathan, Zurich, in 1954
with Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, in 1964
with Sam Salz, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M. Shoenberg, St. Louis, in 1966
with E.V. Thaw and Co., New York, in the late 1970s
private collection, Chicago
with Beadleston Gallery, New York, 1991, sold to Nowinski
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Nowinski, New York, from 1991
with Richard L. Feigen and Co., New York, until 1996, sold 19 November 1996 to Levin
Janice H. Levin, New York, 1996-died 2001
Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, New York, 2001-7

External links


Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 2007.332.1

Other works by Edgar Degas



Edgar Degas Dancer with a Fan
Dancer with a Fan
c. 1880

Edgar Degas Woman Drying Her Foot
Woman Drying Her Foot
1885-86

Edgar Degas Dancer in Green
Dancer in Green
c. 1883

Edgar Degas Woman Drying Her Arm
Woman Drying Her Arm
late 1880s-early 1890s

Edgar Degas Two Dancers, Half-length
Two Dancers, Half-length