Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
French, 1834–1917
Studies of “The Borghese Gladiator”
c. 1853–56
Medium | black and red chalks on cream laid paper |
Dimensions | 9 1/2 x 12 5/16 in. (24.2 x 31.3 cm) |
Object Number | 1971.41 |
Acquisition | Acquired by the Clark, 1971 |
Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Studies of “The Borghese Gladiator”, c. 1853–56, black and red chalks on cream laid paper. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 1971.41
Select Bibliography
Norton (MA): Watson Gallery, Wheaton College,. Process of Perfection. Nov. 15-Dec. 15, 1976.
Cass, David B. and Michael M. Floss. Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
London: Art Council of Great Britain.. The Private Degas. Whitworth Gallery, University of Manchester, Jan. 17-Feb. 28, 1987; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, March 14-May 3, 1987. Cat. by Richard Thomson.
Fernandez, Rafael, and Alexandra R. Murphy. Degas in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987.
Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Copier Créer: De Turner à Picasso: 300 oeuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre.. April 29-July 26, 1993.
Mainardi, Particia. The Persistence of Classicism. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1995.
Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny.. Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900.. New Haven/London: Yale University Press.. 1981..
Cowling, Elizabeth, and Richard Kendall. Picasso Looks at Degas. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA.: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Barcelona: Museu Picasso, 2010.
Kendall, Richard, and Jill Devonyar. Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement. Exhibition catalogue. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011.
Provenance
The artist (d. 1917, [L. 657]); William M. Ittman Jr., Bennington, Vt. (until 1971); Sterling and Clark Art Institute, 1971.