1943.1129: Arabesque over the Right Leg, Left Arm in Line

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1129

People

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French (Paris, France 1834 - 1917 Paris, France)

Title

Arabesque over the Right Leg, Left Arm in Line

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

1919-1921

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230224

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze, with brown patina

Dimensions

17 x 17 x 9.1 cm (6 11/16 x 6 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: incised on base of bronze: Degas
• foundry mark: proper left rear of bronze base, stamped: CIRE / PERDUE /A. HÉBRARD
• foundry mark: proper left rear of bronze base, incised: 3/B

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1935; bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1129

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marjorie B. Cohn and Jean Sutherland Boggs, Degas at Harvard, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge and New Haven, 2005), no. 12, p. 100; repr. in b/w as fig. 49, p. 101

Exhibition History

• Degas at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2005 - 11/27/2005

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