Three Dancers Resting

c. 1880

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk and pastel on tan wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 47 x 61.9 cm (18 1/2 x 24 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.87

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, no. 531

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry O. Havemeyer [1847-1907]; his daughter, Electra Havemeyer Webb [Mrs. James Watson Webb, 1888-1960]; her daughter and son-in-law, Electra Havemeyer Webb Bostwick [1910-1982] and Dunbar W. Bostwick [d. 2006]. Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Degas, the Dancers. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984, no. 45.

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2019

  • Degas at the Opera, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2019-2020, no. 299, repro.

Bibliography

1946

  • Lemoisne, Paul André. Degas et son oeuvre. 4 vols. Paris: Arts et metiers graphiques, 1946-1949. Vols. 2 and 3, 1946. Reprinted in 5 vols., New York and London, 1984.

1984

  • Lemoisne, Paul-André. Degas et son Oeuvre. 5 vols, New York (1984): 2: 300-301, no. 531.

  • Shackelford, George. Degas: The Dancers. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984: no. 45, repro.

2019

  • Schulman, Michael.Edgar Degas, Digital Critical Catalogue. MS-2002.

Inscriptions

upper right in black: Degas

Wikidata ID

Q64556353

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