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Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, 1834-1917
Four Dancers
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| Medium: |
Charcoal on dark beige, thin, transparent wove paper mounted onto cream, thick wove paper |
| Dimensions: |
Sheet (Mount): 370 x 423 mm. (14 9/16 x 16 5/8 in.) |
| Date: |
ca. 1890-1895 |
| Category: |
genre |
| Subject: |
Dancers Nude |
| Alternate Title: |
Study for Groupe de danseuses (Décor de paysage) |
| Inscriptions and Markings: |
VERSO: LowerC, graphite, '18/24' |
| Exhibition History: |
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Matisse, Picasso, and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection', June 7-Aug. 27, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Sketches and Sketchbook Pages', April 25-June 25, 1978.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt', April 18-June 3, 1962, p. 56, no. 64.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'From Ingres to Gauguin', Nov.-Dec. 1951, p. 35, no. 107.
North Carolina Museum of Art, 'Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris,' October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005. |
| Bibliography: |
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," 1967, p. 72, no. 178.
Breeskin, Adelyn. "From Maryland Collections: Brilliant Facets of French 19th-Century Art," ART DIGEST 26:4 (November 15, 1951); illust. p. 11. |
| Provenance: |
BMA by bequest, 1950; Frederic W. Cone. |
| Collection: |
The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| Credit Line: |
The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, Bequest of Frederic W. Cone |
| Object Number: |
BMA 1950.12.658 |
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