Dancer on a Stage
Maker
(Artists)
1834-1917
1834-1917
Title
Dancer on a Stage
Date of Production
(circa) 1879
Medium
gouache and metallic paint on silk
Dimensions
Height: 24.1 cm (silk)
Width: 14 cm (silk)
Width: 14 cm (silk)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.90
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This painting originally formed part of a fan. A small curving indentation can be seen at the upper right, where the fan’s silk support was once trimmed in an arc.
The dancer performs before a backdrop of a rocky shoreline and the sun setting over water, in an unidentified ballet. Degas’s use of metallic paint enhances the sense of artificiality and performance.
The dancer performs before a backdrop of a rocky shoreline and the sun setting over water, in an unidentified ballet. Degas’s use of metallic paint enhances the sense of artificiality and performance.
Provenance
Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Edgar Degas: Classicism and Experimentation, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, 08/11/2014-15/02/2015
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998 ...More
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998 ...More
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Literature
Eiling, Alexander (ed.), Degas. Klassik und Experiment, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2014
pp. 177-79
Fig. p. cat. no. 64
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
pp. 177-79
Fig. p. cat. no. 64
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom centre & recto : : Degas.
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