Edgar Degas

Self-portrait



Edgar Degas - Self-portrait



Edgar Degas
Self-portrait
c. 1854
40.6 x 34.3 cm
Oil on paper laid down on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960


Literature


Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris,, 1946-48, nr. 12
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 96


Provenance


the artist, Paris, until died 1917
his brother, René de Gas, Paris, 1917–died 1926
his daughter, Odette de Gas and her husband, Rolland Wilhelm, called Roland Nepveu-Degas, Paris, 1926–her death 1932
Roland Nepveu-Degas, Paris, from 1932, presumably sold to Salz
with Sam Salz, New York, until 1950, sold on 20 April to Clark
Stephen C. Clark, New York, 1950–died 1960

External links


Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 61.101.6

Other works by Edgar Degas



Edgar Degas Visit to a Museum
Visit to a Museum
c. 1879-90

Edgar Degas Rocks and trees at Bagnoles-de-l'Orne
Rocks and trees at Bagnoles-de-l'Orne
c. 1867

Edgar Degas Dancers in Red Skirts
Dancers in Red Skirts
c. 1884

Edgar Degas Peasant girls bathing in the sea toward evening
Peasant girls bathing in the sea toward evening
c. 1869

Edgar Degas Before the Race
Before the Race
1882-84