Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris, bought it from the artist, 19 September 1904, for ff 7,000 (dr stock number 7703, Danseuses attachant leurs sandales)
The same day, sold to Paul Cassirer, Berlin, for ff 10,000
sold to Max Liebermann, Berlin, 21 November 1904, for dm 10,000
deposited by Liebermann at the Kunsthaus Zürich, 9 May 1933
inherited by his daughter, Käthe Riezler, who moved to New York
on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago, October 1941-October 1942
with Paul Rosenberg & Co
purchased by the CMA on 7 February 1946

External links

The Cleveland Museum of Art Accession number 1946.83

Other works by Edgar Degas

The Dance Foyer of the Opera at rue Le Peletier
1872

Girl in red
c. 1866

Mademoiselle Malo
1877

The Rehearsal Onstage
c. 1874

Young Woman with Ibis
1860-62