Edgar Degas
Four Dancers
1889-1894
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Edgar Degas
Four Dancers
1889-1894
Physical Qualities
Charcoal, Sheet (Mount): 370 × 423 mm. (14 9/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, Bequest of Frederic W. Cone
Object Number
1950.12.658
Studies of four dancers, all nude, in various positions: at far left, dancer stands and bows towards the main dancer; the next dancer stands in a similar position but is slightly more erect; the third figure kneels on one knee; the figure at the far right stands with hands above head, proper right leg propped on pointed toes and bent at knee.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by bequest, 1944; Frederic Cone
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'From Ingres to Gauguin', Nov.-Dec. 1951, p. 35, no. 107.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt', April 18-June 3, 1962, p. 56, no. 64.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sketches and Sketchbook Pages," April 25-June 25, 1978.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt', April 18-June 3, 1962, p. 56, no. 64.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sketches and Sketchbook Pages," April 25-June 25, 1978.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," 1967, p. 72, no. 178.
Breeskin, Adelyn. "From Maryland Collections: Brilliant Facets of French 19th-Century Art," ART DIGEST 26:4 (November 15, 1951); illust. p. 11.
Inscribed: VERSO: LowerC, graphite, '18/24'
