Signature: in charcoal, lower right: Degas

Galerie Durand-Ruel,Paris 1884; P. Paulin (French), Paris (possibly by 1884; until 1919); Antonio Santamarina, Buenos Aires (by 1930-74); Sotheby's, London4/2/74,no.17,£142,000 to M.Strauss 4 Annenberg; Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg,joint wt MMA 2001- d.2002; his bequest to MMA); Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg

Lemoisne 496

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Fiorella Minervino L'opera completa di Degas. Milan, 1970, cat. no. 515, p. 110, ill.

Keith Roberts, Helen Langdon Degas. 2nd rev. ed. [ first published 1976]. Oxford, 1982, cat. no. 28, ill.

Jean Sutherland Boggs, Douglas Druick, Henri Loyrette, Michael Pantazzi, Gary Tinterow Degas. Ex. cat.: Paris, Ottawa, MMA, 1988-1989. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Réunion des musées nationaux, National Museums of Canada, , New York and Ottawa, 1988-89, under February 16, 1884, p. 379.

Colin B. Bailey, Joseph J. Rishel, Mark Rosenthal Masterpieces of Impressionism & Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection Ex. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1989.

Richard Kendall, Douglas Druick, Arthur Beale Degas and the Little Dancer. Ex. cat. New Haven and Omaha, 1998-1999, p. 177, n.17.

Carmen C. Bambach, Elizabeth Barker, Colta Ives, Michiel C. Plomp, Perrin Stein, Gary Tinterow "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2000-2001." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 59, no. 2, Autumn 2001, pp. 42-3, ill.