DrawingsFrench19th century

Half-Length Study of a Woman

c. 1890

Artists

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar DegasArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal and pastel on blue-gray wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

57.5 x 50.8 cm (22 5/8 x 20 in.)

Provenance

Atelier Degas, sold [through Vente II, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 11-13, 1918, no. 126]. Paul Rosenberg. Paul J. Sachs. [Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York] to; Fogg Art Museum, 1940 [in exchange]

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