Dancers, ca. 1897

  • Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917

Pastel with charcoal on heavy wove paper

  • Sheet: 25 3/4 × 20 inches (65.4 × 50.8 cm)
  • 35 1/2 × 30 × 2 3/4 inches (90.2 × 76.2 × 7 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

21.6

Stamp, in red ink, lower left: degas (Lugt 658) Stamp, in red ink, center, verso: atelier degas (Lugt 657)

Inscribed, in blue pencil or crayon, center, verso: 698 | 8859 Inscribed, in red pencil, verso: Pb 200 | [unintelligle]

until May 1918, Edgar Degas, sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, no. 306 (Paris, France)

1918-January 1921, Jacques Seligmann (Paris, France), sale, American Association, New York, no. 18. 1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Poland, Reginald. "French Impressionistic Paintings Acquired." Bulletin of the DIA 2, 8 (May 1921): p. 71. Heil, Walter. Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1930, p. 37, no. 54. Richardson, E.P. Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 37, no. 54. Lesmoisne, P.A. Degas et son oeuvre. Paris, 1946, vol. III, no. 1311 (as: Danseuses (Décor de paysage). Browse, Lillian. Degas Dancers. New York, 1949, pp. 411-412, no. 238 (as: Trois danseuses à mi-corps, décor d'arbres). Reff, Theodore. "Works by Degas in the Detroit Institute of Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 53,1 (1974): pp. 41-42, no. 21 (cover). Shackelford, G.T.M. Degas: The Dancers. Washington, D.C., 1985, p. 122 (fig. 5.5). Degas. Exh. cat., Grand Palais. Paris, 1988, p. 572 (fig. 324).

Edgar Degas, Dancers, ca. 1897, pastel with charcoal on heavy wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.6.