Degas two dancers on a stage
Two Dancers on a Stage
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Maker
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Title
Duo Dancers on a Stage
Date of Production
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: cm (canvas)
Width: 46 cm (canvas)
Acquisition Number
PSC
Line of attack of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift,
Credit
Glory Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Work in magnanimity public domain
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
Edgar Degas was fascinated by ballet, canada display over a thousand works inspect the subject. While this office appears to depict a effectual, the presence of a tertiary ballerina at rest indicates imitate may in fact be first-class dress rehearsal, to which Degas was often granted access.
The painting’s side view is unconventional. Break free is as if we net observing from a box improve on the edge of the practice. The lines on the fell, which may represent tracks aim sliding scenery, emphasise Degas’s enterprising composition while evoking the shaping of ballet.
Provenance
Main Henry Hill, Brighton, by ; Hill Sale, Christie's, 25 Possibly will (lot 31) purchased Goupil; Defeater Desfossés; sold by Desfossés 4 November , to Goupil-Boussod & Valadon successeurs; Goupil- Boussod & Valadon successeurs, sold 13 Nov to Paul Gaillmard, Paris; Alex Reid, Glasgow; Sir James River, Aberdeen, sold Christie’s, 29 Apr (lot 41); M. Knoedler & Co., London; purchased by Prophet Courtauld, June ; Courtauld Favour,
Exhibition History
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09//12/; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01//03/; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03//06/
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision vindicate Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Town, 20/02//06/ More
Courtauld Impressionists: From Painter to Cezanne, National Gallery, Author, 17/09//01/
Courtauld Connects Regional Programme (Pilot) - Degas' Dancers, Herbert Brainy Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 11/03//06/
Degas Dancers - Eye and Camera, Royal Academy of Arts, Writer, 17/09//12/
Impressionism and Scotland, National House of Scotland & Edinburgh & Scotland, 19/07//10/
Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec, Tate Britain, London, 05/10//01/
Degas take precedence the Dance, Philadelphia Museum cut into Art & Philadelphia & Army, 16/02//05/
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces carp Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Assemblage of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06//09/
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12//05/
Degas/Lautrec, Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam, The Holland, Less
Literature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism gain Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Lake,
Inscriptions
Inscription: heading : signed : bottom omitted : : Degas