Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011282Inscriptions
signed, lower left, in red crayon: Degas ; VERSO, center, in blue crayon: 1140 / [P ?]b758 [underlined twice] ; lower right, in graphite: 43 x 33 ; lower left, in graphite: a58764 [underlined] / OXX- [partially erased] ; lower right, in graphite: Danseuse au repos (fusain) (partially erased)
Provenance
Atelier Edgar Degas (Lugt 657, verso, center, in red ink); [his sale, Paris, Galerie G. Petit, 2-4 July, 1919, p. 160, lot 189 (photocopy of cat. in department file). [Kennedy & Co.] (according to departmental card)
Exhibition history
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-December 9, 1937). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940). French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942). 19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943). Drawings from the Collection (1945). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-23, 1945). Works of Edgar Degas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 5-March 9, 1947). The Artist and the Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-September 12, 1960). Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). Art and the Stage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 22-August 16, 1981). The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982). 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).
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
- c. 1895
- Medium
- charcoal
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 42.5 x 32.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Ralph King
- Accession no.
- 1924.329
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