DrawingsFrench19th century

A Young Woman Reclining in a Chair

c. 1868 - 1870

Artists

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar DegasArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white modern laid paper, laid down overall and counterlined

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 23.6 x 48.3 cm (9 5/16 x 19 in.)

Provenance

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Created, Atelier Degas sold at Vente IV, no. 136c, 1919. Marcel Bing. Vignier. Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1965. Lent to Fogg in 1936

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