Edgar Degas
Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot
1881
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Edgar Degas
Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot
1881
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 18 x 8 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (45.7 x 21.7 x 18.7 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.415
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase from Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 19 Aug. 1937 (per Rosengart archives); Coll. E.R. Buhler, Winterthur, Switzerland.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting", 6 June-1 September 1941, no. 87.
"From Ingres to Gauguin", Baltimore Museum of Art, November-December 1951, p. 36, no. 114.
"Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt", Baltimore Museum of Art, 17 April-3 June 1962, p. 57, no. 79.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", 29 March-11 May 1974, no. 54.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Matisse, Picasso, and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection", 2 October 1991-19 January 2002.
The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, "Degas and the Little Dancer", 7 February 1998-3 May 1998; circulated to Clark Art Institute, 3 May-8 Sep. 1998; The Baltimore Museum of Art, 4 Oct. 1998-3 Jan. 1999.
"Degas and America: The Early Collectors", High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 28 February-27 May 2001; tour to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 6 June 2001-9 Sept. 2001.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris", circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004-January 16, 2005, Naples Museum of Art February 5, 2005-May 1, 2005.
Oliver Shell, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Rodin: Expression and Influence", August 1, 2007-April 6, 2008.
Art Gallery of Alberta, "Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion", January 31-May 30, 2010.
"From Ingres to Gauguin", Baltimore Museum of Art, November-December 1951, p. 36, no. 114.
"Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt", Baltimore Museum of Art, 17 April-3 June 1962, p. 57, no. 79.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", 29 March-11 May 1974, no. 54.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Matisse, Picasso, and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection", 2 October 1991-19 January 2002.
The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, "Degas and the Little Dancer", 7 February 1998-3 May 1998; circulated to Clark Art Institute, 3 May-8 Sep. 1998; The Baltimore Museum of Art, 4 Oct. 1998-3 Jan. 1999.
"Degas and America: The Early Collectors", High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 28 February-27 May 2001; tour to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 6 June 2001-9 Sept. 2001.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris", circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004-January 16, 2005, Naples Museum of Art February 5, 2005-May 1, 2005.
Oliver Shell, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Rodin: Expression and Influence", August 1, 2007-April 6, 2008.
Art Gallery of Alberta, "Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion", January 31-May 30, 2010.
R. R. Latlock, 'Degas Sculpture,' "The Burlington Magazine," vol. 42, March 15, 1923, p. 150.
Rene Huyghe and Germain Bazin, "L' Amour de L'Art," (na: na, 1931) 296.
John Rewald, "Degas Works in Sculpture," (New York: Pantheon, 1944) 25, 101, no. 45.
'Cone Bequest,' "BMA News," Oct. 1949, p. 24, no.104.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 44, no. 135.
'A Picture Book', Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 55 ill.
John Rewald, "Degas: Sculpture," (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1956) no. 40.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection, Revised Edition," (Baltimore: BMA, 1967)47 no. 124.
Brenda Richardson, 'Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta', Baltimore: BMA, 1985
John Rewald, "Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné," (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990)129, cat. # XLV.
Sara Campbell, 'A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes,' "Apollo," Aug. 1995, p. 30.
Richard Kendall, "Degas and the Little Dancer," exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale university Press, 1998) fig. 57.
Joseph Czestochowski and Anne Pingeot, "Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes," (New York: Torch Press and International Arts, 2002) 199.
Inscribed: On base, right rear top: 'Degas'; rear of base: foundry stamp 'Cire/Hebrard/Perdue' and '40/G'
Markings: Rear of base: foundry stamp 'Cire/Hebrard/Perdue' and '40/G'
