Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917)
Dancer, circa 1896-1899
Pastel, signed lower right.
47,5 x 33,5 cm (at sight) 47,8 x 34,5 cm (the sheet)
Bibliography:
- Degas and his work by P.A Lemoisne, Les Artistes et leurs OEuvres, studies and documents published by Paul Brame and C.M de Haucke at Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1947, described and reproduced, volume III, pages 736 & 737 under n°1269
- Digital critical catalogue by Michel Schulman, indexed under n°MS-2287
This work is a study for the dancer on the left of the painting En attendant l'entrée en scène ou Quatre danseuses, 1899, oil on canvas 151 x 180 cm part of the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington (Chester Dale Collection).
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