Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002016Woman Arranging Her Hair
by Edgar Degas
Inscriptions
Inscribed: 50/J; stamped: cire/perdue/AA Hebrard
Provenance
Lester (1912–1970) and Joan Avnet (1914–1994), New York, 1968; by descent to their estate; sold, their estate sale, Christie’s, London, Nov. 30, 1971, lot 396, to Franz. Ellen Hoffman, by 1985; Eugene V. Thaw (1927–2018), New York, 1985; sold to Acquavella Galleries, New York; sold to Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, 1985. Marian Phelps Pawlick (b. 1926), Lake Bluff, IL; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Date
- Modeled c. late 1880s-90s, cast c. 1919-37
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H.: 46.4 cm (18 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- bronze
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Place
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of Marian Phelps Pawlick
- Accession no.
- 2025.260
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