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 Self-portrait
Self-portrait
c. 1854

Edgar Degas Horses and Jockeys
Horses and Jockeys
1886-90

Edgar Degas Promenade beside the sea
Promenade beside the sea
c. 1860

Edgar Degas Horses and Riders on a Road
Horses and Riders on a Road
1867-68

Edgar Degas Achille De Gas
Achille De Gas
c. 1872-73