Object Details
- Artist
- Edgar Degas, French, b. Paris, 1834–1917
- Date
- (c. 1881-1890)/(cast 1919-1925)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 17 3/8 X 9 7/8 X 7 3/4 IN. (44.1 X 24.9 X 19.5 CM.) INCL. BASE H: 5/8 IN. (1.5 CM.)
- Collection Object Type
- Sculpture
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Accession Number
- 66.1297
Private collection, Stockholm
M. Knoedler, New York, to 19 February 1959
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 19 February 1959-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn", 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 20. TOUR: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ART, 11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September-31 October.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 108, p. 212.
MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY, New York. "Artist and Maecenas: A Tribute to Curt Valentin," November-December 1963, no. 17, ill. p. 30.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 79 p. 66, p. 680.
SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Northampton, Massachusetts. "Degas and the Dance," 5 April-27 May 1979, no. 31, p. 44.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (organizer). "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum." TOUR: TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM, China, 25 March-28 May 1995, p. 44, ill. p. 45; separate catalogue for Japan, no. 2, ill. p. 50. TOUR: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan, 1 July-6 August 1995; ODAKYU MUSEUM, Tokyo, 9 August-28 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS. "Degas and the Dance," 18 October 2002-12 January 2003. TOUR: PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, 16 February-11 May.
FONDATION BEYELER, Riehen, Switzerland. “Degas: The Late Work” 30 September 2012-27 January 2013.
REWALD, JOHN. Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue (New York: Pantheon, 1944), no. 22, p. 22, ill. pp. 72-73. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
REWALD, JOHN. Degas Sculpture (New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1956), no. 22, p. 145, fig. 6, plates 55, 56. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 680, fig. 79 p. 66.
LERNER, ABRAM. Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), no. 21.
MILLARD, CHARLES W. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976), p. 71, fig. 47.
REWALD, JOHN. Degas's complete sculpture (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990), no. 22 or 24, pp. 82-3.
PINGEOT, ANNE. Degas Sculptures (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1991), no. 24, p. 164.
CAMPBELL, SARA. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo 142/402 (August 1995), no. 63, E, p. 42.
Signature
Incised On Top Of Base LR: Degas
Inscriptions
Incised UR: CIRE/ PERDUE/ A A HEBRARDIncised UR: 63/ E
Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenEdition
5/22 (63/e)