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Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
French, 1834–1917
Seated Old Man
c. 1862
Image Caption
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Seated Old Man, c. 1862, pencil on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1404
Medium
pencil on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 7/16 x 7 13/16 in. (26.5 x 19.8 cm)
Object Number
1955.1404
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964. Fernandez, Rafael, and Alexandra R. Murphy. Degas in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987.
Provenance
Atelier Degas (sale stamp, L. 658, at bottom left; Sale IV, Paris, Georges Petit, July 2–4, 1919, no. 109e {illustrated});* Robert Sterling Clark.
*"L." refers to F. Lugt, Les Marques de collections de dessins et d'estampes, Amsterdam, 1921 and Supplément, The Hague, 1956.