Dancer on a Stage
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
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)
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.
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
...MoreThe 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
...LessLiterature
Eiling, Alexander (ed.), Degas. Klassik und Experiment, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2014
pp. 177-79
Fig. p. cat. no. 64
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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