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Summary
Edgar Degas: Ballet at the Paris Opéra
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| Artist |
Details on Google Art Project |
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| Title |
Ballet at the Paris Opéra |
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| Object type | Drawing and Watercolor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
Pastel over monotype on cream laid paper English: Pastel over monotype on cream laid paper |
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| Dimensions | height: 352 mm (13.85 in); width: 706 mm (27.79 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Accession number |
1981.12 |
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| Object history |
English: Albert Hecht, Paris, by April 1924 [Paris 1924]. M. and Mme. Emmanuel (died 1956) Pontremoli, Paris, by 1939 [Lemoisne 1946]. Mary and Leigh Block, Chicago, by May 1967 [Washington DC 1967]; given to the Art Institute, 1981. |
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| Exhibition history |
English: Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, "Exposition Degas," April 12-May 2, 1924, p. 63, cat. 113. Washington D.C., The National Gallery of Art, "100 European Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block," May 4-June 11, 1967, cat. 6; traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 21-November 2, 1967. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Degas in The Art Institute of Chicago," July 19-September 23, 1984, pp. 72-74, cat. 31 (ill.), cat. by Richard R. Brettell and Suzanne Folds McCullagh. Detroit Institute of Arts, "Degas and the Dance," October 20, 2002-January 12, 2003, p. 166, pl. 183; traveled to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 12-May 11, 2003. |
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| Inscriptions |
English: Signed recto, lower left, in white pastel: "Degas" |
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| Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | cQGykgRFgH61og at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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