Woman Arranging Her Hair
original wax possibly late 1880s/1890s, cast 1920/1962
Sculptor, French, 1834 - 1917
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G4
Artwork overview
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Medium
copper alloy
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall with base: 46.5 x 26.1 x 15.2 cm (18 5/16 x 10 1/4 x 6 in.)
height (of figure): 46.1 cm (18 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1985.64.65
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(A.A. Hébrard, Paris). sold by December 1962 to (Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London);[1] sold December 1964 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA.
[1] This information was kindly supplied by Mrs. Mary Miller, Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd., letter of 24 September 2002 to Anne Halpern, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
Degas, Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1978, no. 49.
Bibliography
1962
[Cat. No. 111], Marlborough Fine Art Limited, London, 1962: no. 10.
1991
Pingeot, Anne. Degas Sculptures. Paris, 1991: no. 62.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 70, repro.
1995
Campbell, Sara. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." Apollo 142 (August 1995): 35, no. 50.
2002
Czestochowski, Joseph S., and Anne Pingeot. Degas--Sculptures. Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes. Memphis, 2002: 219.
2010
Lindsay, Suzanne Glover, Daphne S. Barbour, and Shelley G. Sturman. Edgar Degas Sculpture. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2010: no. 44, 264-265, color repro.
Inscriptions
on top of base in front right corner: Degas [stamped replica of artist's signature]; on top of base in rear left corner: CIRE/PERDUE/A.A. HEBRARD; stamped to left of foundry mark: 50/M
Markings
FM: A.A. Hebrard
Wikidata ID
Q63860804