Seated Woman Wiping Her Left Side
Date
(c. 1896-1911)/(cast 1919-1932)
Artist
Edgar Degas, French, b. Paris, 1834–1917
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, Paris, from c. 1924
Michel Kellerman, Paris
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, by November 1963-8 April 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 8 April 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY, New York. "Artist and Maecenas: A Tribute to Curt Valentin," November-December 1963, no. 15, ill. p. 29.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 210, p. 161, p. 681.
FONDATION MAEGHT, Saint-Paul, France. "Sculpture du XXe siècle, 1900-1945," 4 July-4 October 1981, no. 56, ill. TOUR: FUNDACION JUAN MARCH, Madrid, 30 October-23 December 1981 (separate catalogue: Medio Siglo de Escultura, 1900-1945, no. 30, ill.).
OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF ART, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. "Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 August 1984-9 August 1985.
MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, SANTA FE. "Explorations in Bronze: Degas and Contemporary New Mexico Sculptors," 10 June-18 September 2005.
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton. "Degas: Figures in Motion," 22 January-30 May 2010.
TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART, Florida. "Degas: Form, Movement and the Antique," 12 March-19 June 2011.
Published References
REWALD, JOHN. Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue (New York: Pantheon, 1944), no. 69, p. 28, ill. p. 135. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
REWALD, JOHN. Degas Sculpture (New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1956), no. 69, p. 157. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 681, fig. 210, p. 161.
MILLARD, CHARLES W. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976), p. 109, fig. 133, ill. (as after 1895; c.f. Charles Moffett, Degas in the Met, 1977).
REWALD, JOHN. Degas's complete sculpture (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Art, 1990), no. 69, pp. 176-77.
PINGEOT, ANNE. Degas Sculpture (Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1991), no. 59, pp. 180-81.
CAMPBELL, SARA. "A catalogue of Degas' bronzes," Apollo 142/402 (August 1995) no. 46, F, p. 33.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.1303
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
13 2/4 x 14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (34.7 x 37.6 x 24.4 cm)
