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The Art Institute of Chicago
The Star
Description
The prima ballerina shown in Edgar Degas’s pastel has been identified as the Spanish dancer Rosita Mauri, who moved from Catalonia to Paris and gained fame at the Paris Opéra in the late 1870s.
Provenance
Private collection, Paris, [Browse, 1949]; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 1919, lot 76. Roger G. Gompel, by 1924-at least 1937 [Paris 1924; Paris 1937]. Cesar de Hauke, New York [Lemoisne 1946]. Jacques Seligmann and Company, New York [Lemoisne 1946]. Mr. and Mrs. Diego Suarez, New York, by 1939 [old label removed and now in curatorial file]; bequeathed by Mrs Diego Suarez to the Art Institute, 1980.
Dimensions
73.3 × 57.4 cm (28 7/8 × 22 5/8 in.)
Movement / Period
Accession No
60656
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917
Impressionism • France • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery