The Ballet Master

Provenance

Estate of the artist [stamp (Lugt 658) lower left in red]; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, July 2-4, 1919, lot 206b. Given by Robert Sonnenschein, II, New Freedom, Wis., to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1951.

The Ballet Master

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

c. 1872

Accession Number

75029

Medium

Watercolor and oil paint, with graphite and touches of pen and brown and black ink, on buff laid paper, ruled at center in charcoal, laid down on Japanese paper

Dimensions

45 × 26.2 cm (17 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

Classification

watercolor

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Sonnenschein, II