Dancer Rubbing her Knee | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 45.1965
People: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French (Paris, France 1834 - 1917 Paris, France)
Title: Dancer Rubbing her Knee
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/232404

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze with brown patina

Dimensions

31 x 14.2 x 24.2 cm (12 3/16 x 5 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: stamped proper center right: Degas
foundry mark: proper left rear, relief: CIRE / PERDUE / AA HÉBRARD
foundry mark: proper left rear, incised: 39 / K

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edouard Sandoz.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Collection of Edouard Sandoz
Object Number: 45.1965
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Marjorie B. Cohn and Jean Sutherland Boggs, Degas at Harvard, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge and New Haven, 2005), no. 17, p. 103; repr. in b/w as fig. 52, p. 102

Exhibition History

Degas at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2005 - 11/27/2005

Verification Level

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45.1965: Dancer Rubbing her Knee