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DEGAS, Edgar

Paris 1834 - Paris 1917

Maker: Hébrard, A.A.

[16/D] Danseuse, grande arabesque, troisième temps autrefois appelée deuxième étude

[16/D] Grande Arabesque, Third Time (First Arabesque Penchée)

c. 1885-1890

bronze

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 16 x 10 14 x 13 58 in.

proper right side of top of base: Degas
proper rear of top of base, stamped: CIRE / PERDUE / A A HEBRARD
proper rear of top of base, stamped: 16 / D

Acc. No.: 1951.78

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest from the Collection of Maurice Wertheim, Class of 1906, 1951.78

Photo credit: 2009 President and Fellows of Harvard College

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Provenance

  • 1945, New York, Justin Thannhauser, sold to Maurice Wertheim
  • 1951, bequest to the Fogg Art Museum

Bibliography

  • Museum's website, January 22, 2013
  • 1946 Frankfurter
    Alfred M. Frankfurter, "Today's Collectors: Modern Milestones", Art News, vol. XLV, no. 4, June 1946, p. 30, repr.
  • 1946 Fogg
    French Painting since 1870, lent by Maurice Wertheim, Class of 1906, exh. cat., Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, 1946), p. 70-71, repr.
  • 1960 North Carolina Museum of Art
    The Maurice Wertheim Catalogue: Modern French Art-- Monet to Picasso, exh. cat., Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1960, p. 70-71, repr.
  • 1962 MFA
    The Maurice Wertheim Collection: Modern French Art-- Manet to Picasso, exh. cat., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1962, p. 64-65, repr.
  • 1969 Beaulieu
    Michèle Beaulieu, "Les Sculptures de Degas. Essai de Chronologie", La Revue du Louvre, vol. XIX, no. 6, 1969, p. 374-75
  • 1972 Maine State Museum
    The Maurice Wertheim Collection, exh. cat., Augusta, Maine State Museum, 1972, no. 6, repr.
  • 2002 Czestochowski and Pingeot
    Joseph S. Czestochowski and Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, International Arts, 2002, p. 152-153
  • 2005 Cohn, Boggs
    Marjorie B. Cohn and Jean Sutherland Boggs, Degas at Harvard, exh. cat., Cambridge and New Haven, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press, 2005, no. 13, p. 99-100, p. 60, repr.

Exhibitions

  • 1946 Cambridge
    French Painting since 1870 lent by Maurice Wertheim, Class of 1906, Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, June 1-September 7, 1946

    1952, 1953, 1957, 1958 New York/Landover/Philadelphia/Minneapolis
    The Maurice Wertheim Collection, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, July 1-September 14, 1952; Landover, National Gallery of Art, June 1-September 13, 1953; Philadelphia Museum of Art, June 15-September 15, 1957; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 10, August 31, 1958

    1960 Raleigh
    The Maurice Wertheim Collection: Modern French Art--Monet to Picasso, Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, June 17-September 4, 1960

    1962 Houston
    The Maurice Wertheim Collection: Manet to Picasso, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, June 13-September 2, 1962

    1963, 1965, 1968, 1972 Baltimore/Manchester/Providence/Augusta
    The Maurice Wertheim Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art, June 20-September 1, 1963; Manchester, Currier Gallery of Art, June 24-September 7, 1965; Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, June 1-September 30, 1968; Augusta, Maine State Museum, June 1-September 1, 1972

    1985 New York
    Manet to Matisse: The Maurice Wertheim Collection, New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, April 9-May 25, 1985

    2005 Cambridge
    Degas at Harvard, Cambridge, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Auguste 1-November 27, 2005

    2008-2013 Cambridge
    Re-View: S427 Impressionist & Postimpressionist Art, Cambridge, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Auguste 2, 2008-July 1, 2013