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Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
1876

Medium/Technique Aquatint over soft ground
Dimensions Platemark: 8 × 12 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 17.8 × 26.4 cm (7 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard, by exchange
Accession Number1983.318
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Reed and Shapiro 23, only state; Delteil 31
Description(1st plate)(Unique experiment)
Signed Signed in the plate upper left: Degas
Marks Watermark: fragment of crowned shield; Atelier stamp verso (Lugt 657)
ProvenanceEdgar Degas, Paris (b. 1834 - d. 1917; Lugt 657); November 22-23, 1918, Estampes par Edgar Degas sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, lot 110 as "Pénombre" (1). 1983, sold by Robert M. Light (b. 1929 - d. 2016), Santa Barbara, CA, to the MFA. (Accession date: September 14, 1983)

1. Delteil, 31.