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Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
French, 1834–1917
The Washbasin
c. 1880–85
Image Caption
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, The Washbasin, c. 1880–85, monotype in black ink on laid paper. Clark Art Institute, 1962.39
Medium
monotype in black ink on laid paper
Dimensions
frame: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
plate: 12 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (31.1 x 27.3 cm)
sheet: 19 1/16 x 13 7/8 in. (48.4 x 35.3 cm)
Object Number
1962.39
Acquisition
Acquired by the Clark, 1962
Status
Off View
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Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-nine: Curator's Choice. May, 1965.. Janis, Eugenia Parry. Degas Monotypes. Exhibition catalogue. Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum, 1968. Adhémar, Jean, and Françoise Cachin. Degas: Gravures et Monotypes. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1973. Boston (MA): Museum of Fine Arts. Edgar Degas, The Reluctant Impressionist. June 20-Sept. 1, 1974. Cat. by Barbara S. Shapiro. Nathan Goldstein.. Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy and Expressive Design of Human Form.. Englewood Cliffs: Priintice Hall.. 1976.. San José (Ca.) Museum of Art.. Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas. Oct. 15-Dec. 15, 1981. Essay by Nancy Mowll Mathews. Fernandez, Rafael, and Alexandra R. Murphy. Degas in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987. Grand Palais, Paris.. Degas. Feb. 9-May 16, 1988; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, June 16-Aug. 28, 1988; Metropolitan Museum, New York, Sept. 27, 1988-Jan. 8, 1989. Gordon, Robert and Andrew Forge. Degas. New York: Abrams, 1988. Wilmington (NC): St. John's Museum of Art.. Newsletter.. Dec. 1991-Feb. 1992.. Wilmington (NC): St. John's Museum of Art.. Cassatt, Degas, Pissarro: A State of Revolution. Feb. 7-April 12, 1992; Gibbes Museum of Art, April 16-June 28, 1992; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, July 10-Sept. 27, 1992. Costantino, Maria. Mary Cassatt. Greenwich (CT): Brompton Books; New York: Barnes & Noble. 1995. Ganz, James A. "The Herbert Michel Collection of Prints." The Magazine Antiques 152, nol 4 (October 1997): 5503. Pollock, Griselda. Mary Cassatt: Painter of Modern Women. World of Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1998. Siegel, Katy and Marcia Hall. Lisa Yuskavage. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. 2000.. National Gallery, London. Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890. Nov. 1, 2000-Jan. 28, 2001. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, March 2-May 20, 2001; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Jun. 16-Sep. 9, 2001. 2000. (Clark only). DeVonyar, Jill and Richard Kendall. Degas and the Art of Japan. Reading Public Museum, September 29- December 30, 2007. New Haven and London: Yale University Press; Reading, PA: Reading Public Museum. 2007. Cowling, Elizabeth, and Richard Kendall. Picasso Looks at Degas. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA.: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Barcelona: Museu Picasso, 2010.