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accession number: 2020.223
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The Laundresses, 1879–80. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Etching and aquatint; image: 11.6 x 15.7 cm (4 9/16 x 6 3/16 in.); sheet: 21 x 23.8 cm (8 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2020.223
title: The Laundresses
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: 1879–80
creation date earliest: 1879
creation date latest: 1880
current location:
creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
copyright:
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: etching and aquatint
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: Delteil 37; Reed and Shapiro 48
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CREATORS
* Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) - artist
French painter, sculptor, 1834-1917
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measurements: Image: 11.6 x 15.7 cm (4 9/16 x 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 21 x 23.8 cm (8 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.)
state of the work: IV/IV
edition of the work:
support materials:
description: beige wove paper
watermarks:
inscriptions:
inscription: stamped, on verso, in red ink: ATELIER / ED DEGAS [Lugt 657]; lower right, in plate: Schneider / 9 Berlin
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remark:
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism
opening date: 2023-10-08T04:00:00
Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2023-January 14, 2024).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Edgar Degas, 1834-1917. David Carritt Limited, London (November 2 - December 9, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-11-02T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Degas: Images of Women. Tate Liverpool (September 21, 1989 - December 31, 1989).', 'opening_date': '1989-09-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Degas & Pissarro: Alchimie d'une rencontre. Cabinet cantonal des estampes, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (June 16 - August 22, 1999); Musée du Québec (May 5 - June 27, 1999); Israel Museum, Jerusalem (September - October 1999).", 'opening_date': '1999-05-05T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Studio of the artist, Paris
date: 1880-1918
footnotes:
citations:
(his sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, November 22-23, 1918, no. 95)
date: 1918
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citations:
(sale, Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern, Switzerland, June 20, 1973, no. 161)
date: 1973
footnotes:
citations:
(Artemis Group/David Carritt Limited, London)
date: by 1983-?
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citations:
Josefowitz Collection, Lausanne, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: after 1983-2020
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citations:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2020-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Catalogue des eaux-fortes, vernis-mous, aquatintes, lithographies et monotypes par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier. Paris: Galerie Manzi-Joyant, 1918.
page number: Mentioned: no. 95
url:
Delteil, Loys. Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré. Vol. 9. Paris: Chez l’auteur, 1919
page number: Mentioned: no. 37
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Edgar Degas: 1834-1917. Exh. Cat. London: David Carritt Ltd., 1983.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 18
url:
Reed, Sue Welsh, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter As Printmaker. Exh. Cat. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984.
page number: Mentioned: no. 48
url:
Richard Kendall, Anthea Callen, and Dillian Gordon. Degas: Images of Women. Exh. Cat. Liverpool: Tate, 1989.
page number: Mentioned: p. 40, no. 15
url:
Minder, Nicole, Eric Gillis, and Richard R. Brettell. Degas & Pissarro: alchimie d'une rencontre. Exh. Cat. Vevey: Musée Jenisch, 1998.
page number: Mentioned: no. 51
url:
Salsbury, Britany. Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page number: Reproduced: p. 115, no. 12
url:
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.223/2020.223_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.223/2020.223_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.223/2020.223_full.tif