Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
French, 1834–1917
Grand Arabesque, First Time
Modeled c. 1880s, cast 1919–21
Medium | bronze |
Dimensions | Height: 19 in. (48.2 cm) |
Object Number | 1955.46 |
Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
Status | On View |
Image Caption
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Grand Arabesque, First Time, Modeled c. 1880s, cast 1919–21, bronze. Clark Art Institute, 1955.46
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four: First Two Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Ten: Degas. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Edgar Degas (1834-1917). Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970.
Northampton (MA): Smith College Museum of Art. Degas and the Dance. April 5-May 27, 1979.
Fernandez, Rafael, and Alexandra R. Murphy. Degas in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987.
Kendall, Richard. Degas and the Little Dancer. Exhibition catalogue. New Haven: Yale University Press; Omaha: Joslyn Museum of Art, 1998.
New York: The Grolier Club.. Prints, Drawings and Bronzes by Degas.. Jan. 26-Feb. 28, 1922..
Galeries Georges Petit: Exposition Degas: au profit de la Ligue franco-anglo-américaine contre le cancer : peintures, pastels et dessins, sculptures, eaux-fortes, lithographies et monotypes. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Galeries Georges Petit, 1924.
Paul Jamot.. Degas.. Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts.. 1924..
Berlin: Galerie Flechtheim et al.. Das plastische Werk von Edgar Degas.. 1926..
Paris: Musée de l'Orangerie.. Degas, Portraitiste Sculpteur.. 1931..
Paul Valéry.. Degas, Danse, Dessin.. Paris: Gallimard.. 1938..
Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck. "Arabesques in Bronze." The Metropolitan Museum Bulletin, New Series vol. 4, no. 5 (Jan. 1946): 131–35.
Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Edgar Degas 1834-1917.. Sept. 4-26, 1948..
Pierre Borel.. Les sculptures inédites de Degas.. Geneva: Pierre Cuiller.. 1949..
London: Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd.. The Complete Collection of Sculptures by Edgar Degas.. Dec. 7-22, 1951..
Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum. Edgar Degas. Cat. 87. Amsterdam. 1951.
New York: M. Knoedler & Co. Edgar Degas: Original Wax Sculptures.. Nov. 9-Dec. 3, 1955..
Paris: Gazette des Beaux-Arts.. Degas dans les collections françaises.. 1955..
Haavard Rostrup.. Modern Sculpture: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.. Copenhagen: Moderne Afdeling.. 1964..
Sotheby's. Advertisement. The Burlington Magazine 110, no. 781 (April 1968.): ix–xxix.
London: Sotheby & Co.. Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture.. April 24, 1968..
Paris: Orangerie des Tuileries.. Degas: Oeuvres du Musée du Louvre.. June 27-Sept. 15, 1969..
Minervino, Fiorella, and Franco Russoli. L'Opera completa di Degas. Milan: Rizzoli, 1970.
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet.. Important 19th & 20th Century Paintings and Sculpture.. May 2, 1974..
Johannesburg (South Africa): Sotheby Parke Bernet.. Important Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Sculpture.... March 4, 1974..
London: The Lefevre Gallery.. The Complete Sculptures of Edgar Degas.. Nov. 18-Dec. 21, 1976..
Terrasse, Antoine. "Degas et la Danse". no. 257. Oeil (Lausanne). Dec. 1976..
Charles W. Millard.. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas.. Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press.. 1976..
Richmond (VA) Museum of Fine Arts.. Degas. May 23-July 9, 1978.
John Rewald. Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works.. Zürich: Thames and Hudson.. 1957.
Cowling, Elizabeth, and Richard Kendall. Picasso Looks at Degas. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA.: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Barcelona: Museu Picasso, 2010.
Godefroy, Cécile, and Marilyn McCully. Pablo Picasso: 43 Works. Madrid: Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso parra el Arte; Málaga: Museo Picasso Málaga, 2010.