Fan Mount: Dancers
In 1879, when Degas created this work, he was organizing a gallery at the fourth Impressionist exhibition devoted to his own painted fans alongside those of Félix and Marie Bracquemond, Jean-Louis Forain, Morisot, and Pissarro. Cassatt, who owned this fan, considered it "the most beautiful one that Degas painted." She sold it to Louisine Havemeyer in 1919.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fan Mount: Dancers
- Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
- Date: 1879
- Medium: Watercolor and metallic paint on silk
- Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (19.1 x 57.8 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.100.555
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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