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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.163
People
M. Manzi, French (1849 - 1915)
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French (Paris, France 1834 - 1917 Paris, France)
Title
Portrait of Degas
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297153

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on white paper
Dimensions
28.9 x 19.7 cm (11 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From catalogue card: Purchased from Mr. Charles Slatkin, New York.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.163
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, De Clouet a Matisse: Dessins français des collections américaines, exh. cat., Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, 1958), no. 168, pl. 161
  • Agnes Mongan, Van Clouet tot Matisse: tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties, exh. cat., Museum Boymans (Rotterdam, 1958), no. 168, pl. 147
  • Agnes Mongan, French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1959), cat. no. 168, p. 112, pl. 147, repr. (as Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas)
  • Horst Keller, Edgar Degas, Bruckmann Verlag (München, 1988), fig. 76 (as Degas self-portrait)

Exhibition History

  • French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 07/31/1958 - 09/28/1958; Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 10/24/1958 - 01/02/1959; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 02/03/1959 - 03/15/1959

Verification Level

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