Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing

c. 1880

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Degas sale, 22-23 November 1918, no. 201); Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 June 1935, lot F); David David-Weill [1871-1952], Neuilly-sur-Seine; [1] (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, 25-26 May 1971, no. 56); acquired by Walter Feilchenfeldt for Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1985 to NGA.
[1] During World War II the drawing was confiscated by the Nazi Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR, no. D-W 355) from the David-Weill collection in France and recovered by David-Weill after the war. David-Weill was president of the Conseil artistique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux. His claim for objects not recovered after the war is published in the Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre 1939-1945, Groupe français du conseil de controle, 1947.

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Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 1986.

1999

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

2005

  • "Edgar Degas: Six Friends at Dieppe", Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 2005-2006.

2016

  • Degas: Impressions, The Museum of Modern Art, 2016.

2019

  • Degas at the Opera, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019-2020, no. 232, repro. (shown only in Washington)

Bibliography

2016

  • "Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing by Edgar Degas." Drawing (Winter 2016): 10 (detail, in color).

Inscriptions

lower right Degas atelier stamp (Lugt 657)

Watermarks

AL encircled by oval belt ("Paper A.L. of the Tochon-Lepage House"

Wikidata ID

Q64556354

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