On Stage II
1876
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Catalogue Raisonné
Reed and Shapiro 23, only state; Delteil 31
Dimensions
Platemark: 8 × 12 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.) Sheet: 17.8 × 26.4 cm (7 × 10 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
1983.318
Medium or Technique
Aquatint over soft ground
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
(1st plate)(Unique experiment)
Signed
Signed in the plate upper left: Degas
Markings
Watermark: fragment of crowned shield; Atelier stamp verso (Lugt 657)
Provenance
Edgar 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.
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard, by exchange