Three-Quarter Portrait of Edgar Degas Artist: Marcellin Desboutin (French, 1823–1902)
Artist, formerly attributed to: Giuseppe de Nittis (Italian, 1846–1884)

1875

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Drypoint

Dimensions

platemark: 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (8.5 × 7 cm)
sheet: 13 3/16 × 9 5/8 in. (33.5 × 24.4 cm)

Credit Line

The Arthur Ross Collection

Accession Number

2012.159.66

Culture

French

Period

19th century

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Atelier Degas (Rene de Gas, Odette de Gas and Roland Naepveu, Arlette Nepveu-Degas), Paris, by descendence to the actual owners; Degas Atelier, Christie's, Paris, May 24, 2006; William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Arthur Ross Foundation Collection, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Clément-Janin Noël, La Curieuse vie de Marcellin Desboutin: Peintre, Graveur, Poète (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1922),
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

drypoints, portraits

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