Images(2)

Portrait of a Man

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions55.2 x 45.4 cm (21 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of John T. Spaulding

Accession number48.532

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsStamped, lower left: degasProvenanceJuly 2, 1919, 4th Degas atelier sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 7, to Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock no. 11540) [see note 1]; 1920, transferred from Durand-Ruel, Paris, to Durand-Ruel, New York (stock no. 4504) [see note 2]; November 10, 1924, sold by Durand-Ruel to John Taylor Spaulding (b. 1870 - d. 1948), Boston, MA [see note 3]; 1948, bequest of John Taylor Spaulding to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1948)

NOTES:
[1] Catalogue des tableaux, pastels et dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier, dont la 4. et dernière vente aux enchères publiques, après décès de l'artiste, aura lieu à Paris, Galerie Georges Petit (Paris, 1919), p. 15, lot 7, illus.

[2] For the fact of the transfer see the letter from Galerie Durand-Ruel to the MFA in the curatorial file.

[3] "The Collections of John Taylor Spaulding, 1870-1948 with Japanese prints and sword-mounts from the William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection" (Boston, 1948), p. 10, cat. no. 16.