Lot Essay
There is a closely related pastel drawn in 1894 of the same subject (Lemoisne, op.cit., no. 1149; formerly coll. H.O. Havemeyer, New York).
Property from a PRIVATE COLLECTION
New York
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Deux danseuses en jupes vertes, décor de paysage
stamped with signature bottom left Degas (Lugt 658)--
oil on canvas
55 x 31½ in. (140 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1895
Deux danseuses en jupes vertes, décor de paysage
stamped with signature bottom left Degas (Lugt 658)--
oil on canvas
55 x 31½ in. (140 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1895
Provenance
The artist's studio; first sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris,
May 6, 1918, lot 100 (illustrated)
Louis Rouart, Paris
Jos Hessel, Paris
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (March 1921)
Orosdi, New York
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (April 1927)
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo (Feb. 1928)
Matignon Art Galleries, New York (1942)
J.K. Thannhauser, New York
Hammer Galleries, New York
May 6, 1918, lot 100 (illustrated)
Louis Rouart, Paris
Jos Hessel, Paris
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (March 1921)
Orosdi, New York
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (April 1927)
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo (Feb. 1928)
Matignon Art Galleries, New York (1942)
J.K. Thannhauser, New York
Hammer Galleries, New York
Literature
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III,
p. 694, no. 1195 (illustrated)
p. 694, no. 1195 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Buffalo, Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, June-Aug., 1928, no. 13 (titled, Two Dancer's in Green Skirts)
Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, La Peinture Française en Suède Hommage à Roslin et à Wertmüller, May-Sept., 1967, no. 44
New York, Hammer Galleries, 40th Anniversary Loan Exhibition, Masterworks of the XIXth and XXth Century, Nov.-Dec., 1968 (illustrated in color)
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris Cafés, Nov.-Dec., 1985, p. 79 (illustrated in color)
Ottowa, National Gallery of Canada, Degas, June-Aug., 1988,
pp. 514-515, no. 308 (illustrated in color). The exhibition traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept., 1988-Jan., 1989. New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island Collects, The Figure & Landscape, 1870's-1980's, Sept.-Dec., 1990, p. 102 (illustrated in color on catalogue cover and p. 43)
Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, La Peinture Française en Suède Hommage à Roslin et à Wertmüller, May-Sept., 1967, no. 44
New York, Hammer Galleries, 40th Anniversary Loan Exhibition, Masterworks of the XIXth and XXth Century, Nov.-Dec., 1968 (illustrated in color)
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris Cafés, Nov.-Dec., 1985, p. 79 (illustrated in color)
Ottowa, National Gallery of Canada, Degas, June-Aug., 1988,
pp. 514-515, no. 308 (illustrated in color). The exhibition traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept., 1988-Jan., 1989. New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island Collects, The Figure & Landscape, 1870's-1980's, Sept.-Dec., 1990, p. 102 (illustrated in color on catalogue cover and p. 43)