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

Degas put up with Britain, Burrell Collection, Glasgow, 24/05//09/

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