Three Ballet Dancers

c. 1878–80

Medium	monotype on cream laid paper
Dimensions	Plate: 7 13/16 x 16 3/8 in. (19.9 x 41.6 cm) Sheet: 14 x 20 3/16 in. (35.6 x 51.3 cm) Frame: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
Object Number	1955.1386
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Three Ballet Dancers, c. 1878–80, monotype on cream laid paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1386

Select Bibliography

Various. l'Impressionismo e l'eta di Van Gogh. Linea d-ombra Libri. 2002. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Ten: Degas. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Janis, Eugenia Parry. Degas Monotypes. Exhibition catalogue. Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum, 1968. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Edgar Degas (1834-1917). Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970. Boston (MA): Museum of Fine Arts. Edgar Degas, The Reluctant Impressionist. June 20-Sept. 1, 1974. Cat. by Barbara S. Shapiro. 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. Copenhagen: Ordrupgaardsamlingen.. Degas Intime. Oct. 14-Dec. 31, 1994. Cat. by Richard Kendall. Kendall, Richard. Degas and the Little Dancer. Exhibition catalogue. New Haven: Yale University Press; Omaha: Joslyn Museum of Art, 1998. John Gruen.. The Private World of Ballet.. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.. 1976.. Eugénie de Keyser.. Degas: Réalité et Métaphore.. Louvain-La-Neuve: Institut Supérieur d'Archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Collège Érasme.. 1981.. Kenneth M. Lansing and Arlene E. Richards.. The Elementary Teacher's Art Handbook.. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.. 1981.. Julia Ayres.. Monotypes: Mediums and Methods for Painterly Printmaking.. New York: Watson-Guptill.. 1991.. Will Jackson.. Make a Unique Impression: A Monotype Primer.. Daniel Smith: A Catalog of Artists' Materials. Seattle: Daniel Smith.. 1995.. Christie's, New York. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Sale. May 8, 2000. 2000. Adhémar, Jean, and Françoise Cachin. Degas: Gravures et Monotypes. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1973. De Vonyar, Jill, and Richard Kendall. Degas and the Dance. Exh. cat. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Scorer, Mischa. Degas and the Dance. New York: Channel Thirteen/WNET Culture and Arts Documentaries, 2004. DVD. 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

Alphonse Cherfils, France; [Durand-Ruel, Paris, sold to Clark, 3 Jan. 1922, as Danseuses]; Robert Sterling Clark (1922–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.