Edgar Degas

The Collector of Prints



Edgar Degas - The Collector of Prints



Edgar Degas
The Collector of Prints
1866
53 x 40 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: Degas / 1866
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929


Literature

Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris,, 1946-48, nr. 138
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 99


Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, probably 1891–his death 1907, bought from the artist, sent to them by Durand-Ruel on 13 December 1894, probably arrived in New York on 12 February 1895)
Mrs. H.O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York, 1907–died 1929

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 29.100.44

Other works by Edgar Degas


Edgar Degas The return of the herd
The return of the herd
c. 1896-98

Edgar Degas Woman drying her hair
Woman drying her hair
c. 1893-98

Edgar Degas Portraits, at the Stock Exchange
Portraits, at the Stock Exchange
c. 1878-79

Edgar Degas Out of the Paddock (Racehorses)
Out of the Paddock (Racehorses)
1868-72, reworked 1874-78

Edgar Degas Before the Race
Before the Race
1871-72