About This Artwork
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
A Dancer, c. 1895
Charcoal on dark orange card
495 x 320 mm (sheet)
Not signed
Bequest of Janis H. Palmer, 1985.457
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Arts Club of Chicago, "Loan Exhibition of Modern Paintings and Drawings from Private Collections in Chicago," November 4-25, 1938, cat. 26.
Sarasota, Fla., Ringling Museum of Art, "Palmer Family Collections," February 23-March 24, 1963, cat. 9.
Ownership History
Estate of the artist; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 9, 1919, Degas estate sale. Mrs. Potter Palmer II (née Pauline Kohlsaat; 1867-1956), Chicago, by 1938 [Chicago 1938]; by descent to her son, Gordon Palmer (1914-1964), Sarasota, Fla.; by descent to his wife, Janis H. Palmer (1917- 1985), Sarasota, Fla.; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1985.