The Ballet

Provenance

Charpentier collection, Paris; Adolphe Tavernier, Paris, 1900; (sale Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 6 March 1900, no. 117); (Durand-Ruel, New York); William A. Clark; bequeathed 1926 to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

The Ballet

Degas, Edgar

c. 1880

Accession Number

2014.136.174

Medium

pastel on light tan paper mounted on board

Dimensions

framed: 20 x 17 in. (50.8 x 43.2 cm) | sheet: 12 3/4 x 10 in. (32.4 x 25.4 cm)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)