Edgar Degas

Frieze of Dancers



Edgar Degas - Frieze of Dancers



Edgar Degas
Frieze of Dancers
c. 1895
70 x 200.5 cm
Oil on fabric
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Gift of the Hanna Fund


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


Edgar Degas The Bellelli Sisters (Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli)
The Bellelli Sisters (Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli)
1865-66

Edgar Degas Copy after The Finding of Moses by Veronese
Copy after The Finding of Moses by Veronese
late 1860s

Edgar Degas A Woman Ironing
A Woman Ironing
1873

Edgar Degas Portrait of a Woman in Gray
Portrait of a Woman in Gray
c. 1865

Edgar Degas Mademoiselle Marie Dihau
Mademoiselle Marie Dihau
1867-68