Edgar Degas
Head of a Roman Girl
1855
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Edgar Degas
Head of a Roman Girl
1855
Physical Qualities
Black chalk with stumping and traces of white chalk, Sheet: 385 x 260 mm. (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.457
Head of a young girl looking back over her shoulder. Distinctive, loose, linen (?) head covering.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by trade, 1955 (for Monet ex-The Baltimore Museum of Art 1950.265 and Gauguin ex-The Baltimore Museum of Art 1950.214); Thannhauser Galleries, Paris, 1929; Maurice Exsteens, Paris; Gustave Pellet, Paris; René de Gas.
Buchholz Gallery, New York.
T. Aktuaryus, Galerie Aktuaryus, Zurich, 'Degas', February-March 1935, no. 41. Buenos Aires, 'Edgar Degas, en Conmemoracion de su Centenario', Sept. 1934, no. 23.
Nelson-Atkins Museum, 'Masterworks from the Justin K. Thanhauser Collection', Kansas City, Summer 1955.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt', April 18-June 3, 1962, p. 55, no. 55.
City Art Museum of St. Louis, 'Drawings by Degas', Jan 20-June 25, 1967, no. 5, ill p. 28; circulated to Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 10-April 30, 1967; and Minneapolis Institute of Art, May 16-June 25, 1967.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.
Götz Adriani, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany, 'Edgar Degas: Pastels, Oil Sketches, Drawings', Jan. 14-March 25, 1984, p. 343, no. 27; circulated to Nationalgalerie Berlin, April 4-May 20, 1984.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Master Drawings by French Artists in the Museum's Collection', May 14-July 23, 1989.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'As Artists See Us: Drawings from the Museum Collection', May 14-August 11, 1991.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
T. Aktuaryus, Galerie Aktuaryus, Zurich, 'Degas', February-March 1935, no. 41. Buenos Aires, 'Edgar Degas, en Conmemoracion de su Centenario', Sept. 1934, no. 23.
Nelson-Atkins Museum, 'Masterworks from the Justin K. Thanhauser Collection', Kansas City, Summer 1955.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt', April 18-June 3, 1962, p. 55, no. 55.
City Art Museum of St. Louis, 'Drawings by Degas', Jan 20-June 25, 1967, no. 5, ill p. 28; circulated to Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 10-April 30, 1967; and Minneapolis Institute of Art, May 16-June 25, 1967.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.
Götz Adriani, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany, 'Edgar Degas: Pastels, Oil Sketches, Drawings', Jan. 14-March 25, 1984, p. 343, no. 27; circulated to Nationalgalerie Berlin, April 4-May 20, 1984.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Master Drawings by French Artists in the Museum's Collection', May 14-July 23, 1989.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'As Artists See Us: Drawings from the Museum Collection', May 14-August 11, 1991.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
Carol A. Nathanson and Edward J. Olszewski, 'Degas's Angel of the Apocolypse', The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Oct. 1980), p. 244, fig. no. 5, ill. p. 245. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection, 1967, p. 72, no. 176.
G. Jedlicka, 'Galerie und Sammler', Zurich: Ed. Galerie Aktuaryus, 1935, p. 473, no. 41, reproduced on cover.
Brenda Richardson, 'Dr Claribel & Miss Etta', Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, Notes, no. 50, p. 160.
Fisher, Jay McKean, et al. The Essence of Line: French drawings from Ingres to Degas. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. p. 188-89, ill.
Carlson, Victor, and Carol Hynning Smith. Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Baltimore Museum of Art. New York, NY: The American Federation of Arts, 1979, pp. 49, ill
Inscribed: lower right in black crayon: "Rome"
