About This Artwork
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Dancer Taking a Bowc. 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
390 x 240 mm (sheet)
Not signed.
Bequest of Janis H. Palmer, 1985.470
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Miami, Fla., The Center for the Fine Arts, "Edgar Degas: Exploring Dimensions", April 2-May 15, 1994; traveled to the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Miss., May 31-July 31, 1994.
Sarasota, Fla., Ringling Museum of Art, "Palmer Family Collections," February 23-March 24, 1963, cat. 8, as Dancer.
Ownership History
Estate of the artist [Lugt 657 and 658]; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, July 4, 1919, Degas estate sale, lot 283a. Mrs. Potter Palmer II (née Pauline Kohlsaat; 1867–1956), Chicago, by 1948 [1948 inventory]; 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.