Edgar Degas
Dancers (Fan Design)
1873-1883
Physical Qualities
Gouache (or distemper), powdered silver, and powdered composite metallic particles on cotton, 11 x 22 3/16 in. (27.9 x 56.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Fanny B. Thalheimer Memorial Fund
Object Number
1963.9
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase 1963; Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, New York, 1963; Klipstein und Kornfeld, Bern, Sale June 8, 1961, sale #100, lot 19; Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, Switzerland [ownership dates unknown]; Maurice Exsteens, Paris [as of 1946]; Gustave Pellet, Paris; Estate of Edgar Degas sale May 6-8, 1918, #329
Leicester Galleries, London, 1938, cat. no. 74.
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1948-1949, cat. no. 76.
Barbara S. Shapiro, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Edgar Degas: The Reluctant Impressionist", June 20-September 1, 1974, cat. no. 18.
Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, "Japonism: Japanese Influence on French Art, 1854-1910", October 4-November 16, 1975; circulated to: The Cleveland Museum of Art, July 9-August 31, 1975; and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, December 10, 1975-January 26, 1976.
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart Germany, "The Fan-Leaf from Manet to Kokoschka", July 1-September 2, 1984.
BMA, "Impressionism to Modernism: Monet to Matisse from the Museum's Collection", October 13, 1991-January 19, 1992.
The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Nebraska, "Degas and the Little Dancer", February 7-May 3, 1998; circulated to the Clark Art Institute, May 30-September 8; and The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 4, 1998-January 3, 1999.
American Federation of Arts, "Edgar Degas: The Painter of Dancers", tour to The Detroit Institute of Arts, October 18, 2002-January 12, 2003; Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 16, 2003-May 11, 2003.
The National Gallery of Art, "Degas/Cassatt", May 11, 2014-October 5, 2014.
Art Exhibitions Australia, "Degas: A New Vision", Museum of Fine Ats, Houston, October 14, 201(?)-January 9, 2017.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "Degas: A New Vision", October 14, 2016-January 16, 2017
Musee d'Orsay, "Degas at the Opera", September 23-2019-January 19, 2020, Circulated to National Gallery of Art, March 1, 2020-July 5, 2020
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1948-1949, cat. no. 76.
Barbara S. Shapiro, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Edgar Degas: The Reluctant Impressionist", June 20-September 1, 1974, cat. no. 18.
Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, "Japonism: Japanese Influence on French Art, 1854-1910", October 4-November 16, 1975; circulated to: The Cleveland Museum of Art, July 9-August 31, 1975; and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, December 10, 1975-January 26, 1976.
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart Germany, "The Fan-Leaf from Manet to Kokoschka", July 1-September 2, 1984.
BMA, "Impressionism to Modernism: Monet to Matisse from the Museum's Collection", October 13, 1991-January 19, 1992.
The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Nebraska, "Degas and the Little Dancer", February 7-May 3, 1998; circulated to the Clark Art Institute, May 30-September 8; and The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 4, 1998-January 3, 1999.
American Federation of Arts, "Edgar Degas: The Painter of Dancers", tour to The Detroit Institute of Arts, October 18, 2002-January 12, 2003; Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 16, 2003-May 11, 2003.
The National Gallery of Art, "Degas/Cassatt", May 11, 2014-October 5, 2014.
Art Exhibitions Australia, "Degas: A New Vision", Museum of Fine Ats, Houston, October 14, 201(?)-January 9, 2017.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "Degas: A New Vision", October 14, 2016-January 16, 2017
Musee d'Orsay, "Degas at the Opera", September 23-2019-January 19, 2020, Circulated to National Gallery of Art, March 1, 2020-July 5, 2020
"Atelier Edgar Degas," Paris: Galerie George Petit, 1918-1919, p. 176, ill. no.329.
P. A. Lemoisne, "Degas et son Oeuvre," vol. II, Paris: Paul Brame and C. M. De Hauke, 1946, no. 555, p.310, ill. p. 311.
"Auktion 100," Berlin: Kilpstein and Kornfeld, June 8, 1961, p. 44, no. 19, ill. p. 45.
"Recent Accessions," Baltimore: BMA Art News, XXVII, 1964, ill. p. 52.
Jean Sutherland Boggs, "Drawings by Degas," St. Louis: City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1966, pp.148-152.
Gerald Needham, 'A Degas Fan,' "The Walters Art Gallery Bulletin," January 1976, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1-2. ill. p. 1.
Mark Gerstein, 'Degas' Fans,' "Art Bulletin," March 1982, vol. LXIV, no. 1, pp. 105-118, ill. p. 113.
Monika Kopplin, "Kompositionen Im Halbrund": Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Graphische Sammlung, 1984, p. 130
Jill DeVonyar and Richard Kendall, "Degas and the Dance," New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002, pp. 103, 171, ill.
Angela Wenzel, "Edgar Degas: Dance like a Butterfly", Prestel Verlag: Munich, 2002, p. 24.
Roberto Calasso, "La Folie Baudelaire", Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2012, p. 226
Anne Sefrioui, "Éventails impressionnistes," Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2012, pp. 188-119, color ill.
Loyrette, Henri. Degas: A New Vision. Victoria, Australia: National Gallery of Art, Victoria; Houson, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2016.
Loyrette, Henri, ed. Degas à L'Opéra. Paris: Musée D'Orsay / RMS - Grand Palais, 2019.
Loyrette, Henri. Degas at the Opéra. Paris: Musée D'Orsay/RMN - Grand Palais, 2019.
Inscribed: l/l, red stamp: Atelier Ed Degas; on mount face, red stamp: Atelier Ed Degas
