Unfinished Portrait of Degas

Pierre-Georges Jeanniot French

Printer Lino Mannocci Italian

Sitter Edgar Degas French

n.d.

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Unfinished Portrait of Degas
Artist: Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (French (born Switzerland), Geneva 1848–1934 Paris)
Printer: Lino Mannocci (Italian, Viareggio 1945–2021 London)
Sitter: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Drypoint
Dimensions: sheet: 18 1/16 x 12 3/8 in. (45.8 x 31.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Eric G. Carlson, in honor of Colta Ives, 2010
Object Number: 2010.265.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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