Two Women
c. 1878/1880
Artist, French, 1834 - 1917
Artwork overview
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Medium
pastel over watercolor and charcoal on tan laid paper, mounted to board
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 29.21 × 44.45 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)
framed: 47.63 × 63.5 × 6.35 cm (18 3/4 × 25 × 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2014.136.176
More About this Artwork
Article: Edgar Degas's Experiments in Pastel and Watercolor
A conservator examines how the impressionist made a curious drawing.
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of William A. Clark; Bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Stored at John Handley High School in Winchester, VA from 1942-1944; Acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1959
Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1959, 32.
1978
The William A. Clark Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, April 26 - July 16, 116, no. 96.
1983
Sargent's Contemporaries, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 4 June - 28 August 1983, unpublished checklist, no. 8.
2000
Degas and America: The Early Collectors, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, February 3-May 27, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 16-Septemeber 9, no. 39.
2015
Focus on the Corcoran: Works on Paper, 1860-1990, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015.
2019
The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1927
Manson, JB. The Life and Works of Edgar Degas. London, The Studio, Pl. 57 (repr.).
1946
Lemoisne, Paul André. Degas et son Oeuvre. 4 vols. Paris, 1946-1949: 2:280-281, no. 434.
1948
Dumont, Henri. Degas. New York, 1948: 9 (repr.).
2019
Schulman, Michael.Edgar Degas, Digital Critical Catalogue. MS-1997.
Inscriptions
lower right in chalk: "Degas"
Wikidata ID
Q64556405