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Woman with a Parasol

Maker

(Artists)
1834-1917

Title

Date of Production

c. 1870-72

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 75.3 cm (canvas)
Width: 85 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1978.PG.87

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

In this study of a fashionable woman holding a parasol, Edgar Degas’s chief concern seems to be the effect of light on the human figure. Some areas are loosely painted, with the initial charcoal outline still visible. Others, such as the woman’s profile and the details of her hat, are treated with great delicacy. An old label on the back of the painting describes it as ‘At the Race-course’, which may explain the woman’s elegant appearance. Degas left this work unfinished but kept it in the studio until his death.

Provenance

Contents of artist's studio, 2nd sale, G. Petit, Paris, 11th December 1918 (36); Marcel Guérin, Paris, in 1923; Arthur Goldschmidt, Paris; Acquired by Count Antoine Seilern, 1954; Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

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

Degas: A Passion for Perfection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 03/10/2017-14/01/2018

Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, MOMA, New York, 22/03/2016-24/07/2016 ...More

Summer Showcase - Unfinished, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015

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 Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, 12/01/1984-28/02/1984; Kyoto, 03/03/1984-03/04/1984; Osaka, 12/04/1984-08/05/1984; Australia National Gallery, Canberra, 01/06/1984-06/08/1984 ...Less

Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998

The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Canberra, 1984

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower right & recto : stamped signature of the Degas sale :

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