Dancers at the Old Opera House

Provenance

Théodore Duret [1837-1927], Paris; (his sale, 19 March 1894, no. 12); (Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris); Antonin Proust [1832-1905], Paris; (M. Knoedler and Co., Paris); (César de Hauke, New York); Andrew W. Mellon [1855-1937], Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; gift 1930 to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

Dancers at the Old Opera House

Degas, Edgar

c. 1877

Accession Number

1970.17.26

Medium

pastel over monotype on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 21.8 x 17.1 cm (8 9/16 x 6 3/4 in.) | framed: 35.5 x 31.1 x 3.8 cm (14 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection