Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin)

Distemper, metallic paint, and pastel, on canvasEdgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)/1879

Description

This is one of thirty-five works that comprise the Winterbotham Collection. Click here to learn more about the collection.

Provenance

Degas Sale, Paris, Georges Petit, May 4-5, 1918, lot 116 (ill.); sold to Jacques Seligmann, Paris [according to Charles Durand-Ruel’s letter to Richard Brettell, dated May 10, 1983, copy in curatorial file]; sale, New York, American Art Association, January 27, 1921, lot 34 (ill.). Henry D. Hughes, Philadelphia [according to Lemoisne 1946]. Sale, New York, American Art Association, January 28, 1926, lot 171 (ill.). Reinhardt Gallery, New York by at least 1933; sold to Joseph Winterbotham (died 1954), Burlington, Vt. by 1933 [see Chicago 1933 and an inventory of Joseph Winterbotham collection accompanying the exhibition at The Chicago Arts Club in 1936, copy in curatorial file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1954.

Dimensions

85.7 × 75.3 cm (33 3/4 × 29 5/8 in.)

Source

The Art Institute of Chicago

Movement / Period

Impressionism

Accession No

80604

Official Citations

[The Art Institute of Chicago Official Record][Full Resolution Image]

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Impressionism • France • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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