Dancer Stretching at the Bar

Provenance

Jacques Doucet (1853-1929), Paris [invoice]; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 28, 1917, lot 73 (ill.). Sold by Georges Bernheim, Paris, to Martin Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago, April 14, 1920 [invoice]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

Dancer Stretching at the Bar

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

1877/80

Accession Number

16758

Medium

Pastel with estompe on cream laid paper

Dimensions

31.8 × 24 cm (12 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Classification

pastel

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection