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Danseuse rajustant son maillot
Translated as: Young female dancer adjusting her tights
Degas, Edgar
(Draughtsman)
History note: The artist, his sale, III, lot 109, 4, Estimate: 1900-2000 Francs; Tooth via Agnew, 1939, bt. A.S.F. Gow (£111.17.0d)
Height: 242 mm
Width: 313 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1978-02-08)
by
Gow, A. S. F.
Production date: circa AD 1880 : dated by Shackelford - he relates it to La Salle de danse, c. 1885, Yale University Art Gallery
Whitening
Graphite
Black chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Black chalk, graphite, on paper, squared for transfer with charcoal and touched with white
Accession number: PD.23-1978
Primary reference Number: 6279
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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"Danseuse rajustant son maillot"
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Accession Number: P.30-1978
Accession Number: P.11-1978
Accession Number: GR.P.47
Accession Number: PD.205-1948.3
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