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AT-00011020Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog
by Edgar Degas
About the Artwork
Degas executed this portrait of his friend, the artist Ludovic Lepic, with rapid and expressive strokes of powdery pastel. The two artists worked together closely in printmaking early on, and this work is one of several commemorative depictions that Degas made throughout his career. Here, Lepic is seen with his pet, a Belgian Griffon, suggesting a fondness for dogs for which he was well-known in late-19th century Paris. He died just about one month after this portrait was completed at the age of 50.
Provenance
1917-1918: Estate of Edgar Degas [1834-1917], Paris 1918: (Galerie Georges Petit, second Degas sale, Paris, December 12-13, 1918, no. 87, probably sold to Georges Viau) probably 1918-1942: Georges Viau [1855-1939], Paris 1942: (Hotel Druout, Georges Viau sale, Paris, December 11, 1942, no. 65) 1953?: (M. Knoedler and Co., Paris) after 1953-before 1962: John B. and Mildred [1890/92-1988] Putnam, Cleveland, OH by 1962-1988: Peter A. Putnam, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH 1988-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989). Object in Focus: Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog by Edgar Degas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-April 20, 1998). Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000). Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008). Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 19, 2016-March 19, 2017).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- pastel
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 49.8 x 32.1 cm (19 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 50.6 x 38 cm (19 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund
- Accession no.
- 1988.93
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