Edgar Degas
Dancer on pointe
c. 1878454 x 298 mm
Charcoal, heightened with white on beige wove paper
Atelier stamp at lower left: Lugt 658
atelier stamp on verso of old mount: Lugt 657
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1974, The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection
Provenance
Atelier Degas
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris 3rd Atelier sale, Paris, April 7-9, 1919, nr. 181, repr. (measurements given are incorrect)
Other works by Edgar Degas
Femme à sa toilette
Youth in an Attitude of Defense
1859-60
1859-60
Horse Galloping
1885-90
1885-90
Ballet dancer resting
c. 1897-1901
c. 1897-1901
The Bolting Horse
c. 1866
c. 1866