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Title:Portrait of Hortense Valpinçon (Mme. Jacques Fourchy)
Artist:Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Sitter:Hortense Valpinçon (Mme. Jacques Fourchy) (French, 19th century)
Date:1883
Medium:Black conté crayon
Dimensions:9 13/16 x 6 7/16 in. (25 x 16.3 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Object Number:1972.118.205
Inscription: Black crayon, lower right: Hortense/ Ménil-Hubert/ août 1883
Jacques Fourchy
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Walter C. Baker Collection of Drawings," June 2–September 4, 1960.
Saint Louis Art Museum. "Drawings by Degas," January 20, 1967–February 26, 1967.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Drawings by Degas," March 10, 1967–April 30, 1967.
The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. "Drawings by Degas," May 18, 1967–June 25, 1967.
Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "French Drawings Recently Acquired, 1975-1984," November 27, 1984–February 10, 1985.
Paris. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais. "Degas," February 9–May 16, 1988.
Ottawa. National Gallery of Canada. "Degas," June 16–August 28, 1988.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Degas," September 27, 1988–January 8, 1989.
MMA 1988. 243 Lemoisne III. see 722
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Claus Virch Master Drawings in the Collection of Walter C. Baker. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1962, cat. no. 104, pp. 58-59.
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Jacob Bean, Linda Boyer Gillies, Cynthia Lambros, Roseline Bacou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: de David à Picasso 54th Exposition de Cabinet des Dessins Musée du Louvre, 25 octobre 1973–7 janvier 1974. Paris, 1973, cat. no. 33, ill.
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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, cat. no. 243, pp. 409-410, ill.
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