About the Artwork
Spanish Dancer
1900
Edgar Degas
1834-1917
French
Unknown
Bronze, black patina
Overall: 17 × 6 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches, 7.1 pounds (43.2 × 16.5 × 21 cm, 3.2 kg)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill
69.302
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Markings
Signed on base, in front of left foot: Degas
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Stamp, on base, near left heel: Cast 45/Q. Cire/Perdue /A. Mal...[indistinct] Stamp, on back edge of base: 45/Q
Provenance
until 1961, (Fine Arts Associated, Inc., New York, New York, USA)
until 1969, purchased by Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1969-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Rewald, J. Degas Sculpture. New York, 1956, pl. 47 (ill.).
The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1970, pp. 121, 127, 134 (ill.).
Reff, Theodore. "The Degas of Detroit." Bulletin of the DIA 53, no. 1 (1974): 26-41, p. 40 (ill.).
The Influence of Paris: European and American Sculpture 1830-1930. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1981, cat. no. 10, p. 16 (ill.).
Campbell, Sara. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." Apollo 142, no. 402 (August 1995): 10–48, p. 3, no. 45Q.
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Edgar Degas, Spanish Dancer, 1900, bronze, black patina. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 69.302.
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