c. 1858
31.4 x 22.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 in.)
Edmond de Gas (the artist's nephew), Paris, by descent; to Jeanne Fèvre (the artist's niece) [1], Nice. [Charles E. Slatkin, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, February 23, 1956, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum. [1] Evidence suggests Jeanne Fèvre was still alive in 1949; see "Mon Oncle Degas," Jeanne Fèvre and Pierre Borel, Éditions Pierre Cailler, Geneva, 1949, p. 10.
Black ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk or charcoal with touches of oil(?) on tracing paper, mounted to card
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on white paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white wove paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper with a laid paper framing mount
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, adhered to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash(?) on gray-blue wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchTransparent watercolor and graphite on off-white laid paper; verso: graphite
19th centuryFrench