Dancer on a Stage

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Maker


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)

Object Number

P.1978.PG.90

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, 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.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom centre & recto : : Degas.

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, 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
Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 11/05/1988-04/09/1988
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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

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