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Title:Album of Forty-five Figure Studies
Draftsman:Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date:ca. 1882–85
Medium:Black chalk on thin, eggshell paper
Dimensions:Sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 5/8 in. (26.8 x 21.9cm)
Classifications:Albums, Drawings, Sketchbooks
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1973
Accession Number:1973.9
Inscription: Graphite, on label pasted to front cover: 928/44 feuillets/Degas
Atelier Degas Lugt 657 (stamp on cover of sketchbook); René Degas (French); Maurice Le Garrec (French)(purchased 1921); Vendor: Sagot-Le Garrec, Paris
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Impressionist Epoch," December 12, 1974–February 10, 1975.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings Recently Acquired, 1972–75," October 1, 1975–January 4, 1976.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Degas in the Metropolitan," February 26–September 4, 1977.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," February 6–April 16, 1995.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Degas and the Dance," October 20, 2002–January 12, 2003.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Degas and the Dance," February 16, 2003–May 11, 2003.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty," March 26–July 24, 2016.
Paris. Musée d'Orsay. "Degas à l'Opéra," September 24, 2019–January 19, 2020.
Reff 1976, no. 36; MMA 1977. 36
Theodore Reff The Notebooks of Edgar Degas. vol. 1, Oxford, 1976, fig. no. pl. 2, pp. 144-47, ill.
Jill DeVonyar, Richard Kendall Degas and the Dance. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts, October 20, 2002-January 12, 2003, Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 12-May 11, 2003. New York, 2002, fig. no. 156, p. 144, ill.
Richard Kendall, Jill DeVonyar Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 17 Sept. - 11 Dec. London, 2011, fig. no. 22, pp. 62-3, 65, ill.
Jodi Hauptman, Museum of Modern Art Degas: A Strange New Beauty. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2016, cat. no. 23, pp. 78 and 228, ill.
Henri Loyrette Degas at the Opera. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Musée d'Orsay, Washington, DC, 2019, cat. no. 145-146, pp. 158, 314, ill.
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