id: 106234 accession number: 1924.329 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.329 updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:57.579000 Dancer at Rest, c. 1895. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Charcoal; sheet: 42.5 x 32.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1924.329 title: Dancer at Rest title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1895 creation date earliest: 1890 creation date latest: 1900 current location: creditline: Gift of Ralph King copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: charcoal department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) - artist Son of a Parisian banker, Edgar Degas enrolled in law school in 1853 following his father's wishes. But he had already shown an interest in art and had also registered to copy at the Louvre. In 1855 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts and became a student of Louis Lamothe (1822-1869), a former pupil of Ingres (q.v.). One year later Degas made the traditional journey to Italy, remaining there for three years. He visited family members in Naples and Florence and attended life classes at the Villa Medici in Rome. A visit to Normandy in 1861 may have introduced him to the racetrack. In Paris he continued to study at the Louvre, where he met Manet (q.v.) in 1862. Apart from his continuous interest in portraiture and history painting, Degas began to pay attention to subjects of modern life. Between 1865 and 1870, he exhibited at the Salon. At the time of the Franco-Prussian War, he enlisted in the artillery, but because of his poor eyesight he served (with Manet) in the infantry. After the war he traveled first to London and, in 1872-73, visited his uncle and brothers who had a cotton business in New Orleans. Degas participated in the first impressionist exhibition of 1874. He continued to exhibit with these artists until 1886 but never completely considered himself a member of the group, preferring to call himself a realist or naturalist. While many of the impressionists painted en plein air, Degas worked with models in his studio and, later in his career, from his imagination. In addition to painting, he experimented often with monotypes, engraving, pastels, sculpture, and photography. He traveled extensively-London, Naples, Spain, Morocco, and Switzerland-but continued to draw his subject matter from modern-day Paris. Other recurring themes would be the female nude and the ballet dancer. After the impressionist exhibition of 1886, Degas no longer participated in group shows. Instead he sold his works to private dealers such as Durand-Ruel and Ambroise Vollard. In the 1890s he began his own art collection, which, besides many works on paper, included paintings by such artists as Ingres, Cézanne (q.v.), Delacroix (q.v.), Gauguin (q.v.), and van Gogh (q.v.). His own art at the time became characterized by broader strokes of paint, charcoal, and pastel and the use of more vibrant colors, partly because of problems with his vision. His failing eyesight and poor health caused him to abandon his pursuit of art during the last years of his life. --- measurements: Sheet: 42.5 x 32.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: cream(3) wove paper, discolored to beige(1) watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: signed, lower left, in red crayon: Degas ; VERSO, center, in blue crayon: 1140 / [P ?]b758 [underlined twice] ; lower right, in graphite: 43 x 33 ; lower left, in graphite: a58764 [underlined] / OXX- [partially erased] ; lower right, in graphite: Danseuse au repos (fusain) (partially erased) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1937-02-10T05:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937). title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1937-05-28T04:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-December 9, 1937). title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1940-07-11T04:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940). title: French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections opening date: 1942-01-06T05:00:00 French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942). title: 19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans opening date: 1943-06-22T04:00:00 19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943). title: Drawings from the Collection (1945) opening date: 1945-04-03T04:00:00 Drawings from the Collection (1945). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-23, 1945). title: Works of Edgar Degas opening date: 1947-02-05T05:00:00 Works of Edgar Degas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 5-March 9, 1947). title: The Artist and the Theater opening date: 1960-04-05T05:00:00 The Artist and the Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-September 12, 1960). title: Drawings opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00 Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). title: Art and the Stage opening date: 1981-05-22T04:00:00 Art and the Stage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 22-August 16, 1981). title: The Impressionist Aesthetic opening date: 1982-08-10T04:00:00 The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982). title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00 Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA, Art and the Stage (May 16-Aug. 1989), no. 26, illus. p. 47.', 'opening_date': '1989-05-16T04:00:00Z'} * {'description': 'CMA, The Impressionist Aesthetic (Aug. 10-Oct. 31, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-08-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Gallery List of Drawings" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).', 'opening_date': '1963-01-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, The Artist and the Theater (Apr. 5-Sep. 11, 1960).', 'opening_date': '1960-04-05T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director\'s Corridor in Old Building" (closed Mar. 13, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-03-13T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings, Gallery XVI" (Mar. 2-June 15, 1955).', 'opening_date': '1955-03-02T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery XVI" (Apr. 30-June 16, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-04-30T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Nov. 22, 1953-Apr. 25, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1953-11-22T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Aug. 5-Sep. 28, 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-08-05T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Jan. 14-Apr. 26, 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (June 15, 1949-Apr. 24, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1949-06-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "hung Gallery VIII" (Jan. 5, 1949).', 'opening_date': '1949-01-05T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (July 3-Nov. 7, 1948).', 'opening_date': '1948-07-03T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Jan. 13-Apr. 26, 1948).', 'opening_date': '1948-01-13T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings in Gallery VIII" (June 10-Oct. 20, 1947).', 'opening_date': '1947-06-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Works by Edgar Degas (Feb. 5-Mar. 9, 1947), no. 71, pl. LIV.', 'opening_date': '1947-02-05T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Work by Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas (June 15-Oct. 6, 1946).', 'opening_date': '1946-06-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 16, 1945-Apr. 21, 1946).', 'opening_date': '1945-06-16T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Apr. 3-23, 1945).', 'opening_date': '1945-04-03T04:00:00Z'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Feb. 7, 1945-? (moved to the Rotunda Feb. 20)).', 'opening_date': '1945-02-07T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 14-Sep. 28, 1944).', 'opening_date': '1944-06-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Feb. 20, 1944).', 'opening_date': '1944-01-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Exhibition of French Art (June 22-Aug. 31, 1943).', 'opening_date': '1943-06-22T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections (among CMA drawings supplementing this show) (Jan. 6-Feb. 15, 1942).', 'opening_date': '1942-01-06T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 11-Oct. 3, 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-07-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection" (June 21-Sep. 30, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-06-21T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May 28-Nov. 7, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-05-28T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "75 Drawings from the Collection" (Feb. 10-Apr. 28, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-02-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Forty Drawings from the Collection" (May 21-Dec. 13, 1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-05-21T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections (July 12-Sep. 15, 1935).', 'opening_date': '1935-07-12T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, An Exhibition of Drawings (1924), cma Bulletin 11 (1924), p. 142.', 'opening_date': '1924-01-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Atelier Edgar Degas (Lugt 657, verso, center, in red ink); [his sale, Paris, Galerie G. Petit, 2-4 July, 1919, p. 160, lot 189 (photocopy of cat. in department file). [Kennedy & Co.] (according to departmental card) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Francis, Henry S. "Drawings by Degas." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 10 (December 1957): 212-17. page number: Mentioned: p. 216 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142248 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.329/1924.329_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.329/1924.329_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.329/1924.329_full.tif