Woman at a Window
Maker
(Artists)
1834-1917
1834-1917
Title
Woman at a Window
Date of Production
1871
Medium
Oil (peinture à l’essence) on paper
Dimensions
Height: 78 cm (frame)
Width: 63 cm (frame)
Width: 63 cm (frame)
Accession Number
P.1932.SC.88
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
This scene of a woman profiled against a bright window seems serene. However, the English artist Walter Sickert, who knew Degas and owned this work, recounts it was painted during the siege of Paris by the Prussian army. The starving model was paid with a hunk of raw meat that Sickert claimed she immediately devoured.
Degas often experimented with technique. Here, he used paint drained of its oil for a matte effect. Although the painting appears unfinished, Degas considered it complete and signed it.
Degas often experimented with technique. Here, he used paint drained of its oil for a matte effect. Although the painting appears unfinished, Degas considered it complete and signed it.
Provenance
Alex Reid, Glasgow; Reid Sale (Vente de MA..) Paris, 10 June 1898 (lot 26); Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris; Mrs Walter Sickert, London; Mrs Cobden-Sanderson, London; Miss M. F. C. Knox, London 1917; Mrs Cobden-Sanderson, 1917; Miss Stella Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1926; Leicester Galleries, London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, March 1927; Courtauld Gift, 1932
Exhibition History
Impressionists on Paper: Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 25/11/2023-10/03/2024
Woman in the Window, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 04/05/2022-04/09/2022
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020 ...More
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
Summer Showcase - Unfinished, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015
Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec, Tate Britain, London, 05/10/2005-15/01/2006
Art in the Making - Degas, National Gallery, London, 10/11/2004-30/01/2005
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
The Impressionists and after, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery & Birmingham & England, 1947 ...Less
Woman in the Window, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 04/05/2022-04/09/2022
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020 ...More
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
Summer Showcase - Unfinished, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015
Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec, Tate Britain, London, 05/10/2005-15/01/2006
Art in the Making - Degas, National Gallery, London, 10/11/2004-30/01/2005
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
The Impressionists and after, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery & Birmingham & England, 1947 ...Less
Literature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom right : : Degas
Inscription: inscription : stamped in red : bottom right : : Degas
Inscription: inscription : stamped in red : bottom right : : Degas
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