Woman Arranging Her Hair

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Modeled c. late 1880s-90s, cast c. 1919-37

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

After Edgar Degas’s death in 1917, a large group of sculptures were discovered in his studio, most of them modeled in wax. With one exception, the works had never been exhibited during his lifetime and were virtually unknown to his contemporaries. Parisian foundry A. A. Hébrard eventually cast 74 of the figures into bronze, and three of the resulting sculptures in the collection of the Art Institute: Dancer Ready to Dance, Right Foot Forward, Arabesque, and Woman Arranging Her Hair.

Status: On View, Gallery 226
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
Title: Woman Arranging Her Hair
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Modeled 1885–1890
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Inscribed: 50/J; stamped: cire/perdue/AA Hebrard
Dimensions: H.: 46.4 cm (18 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marian Phelps Pawlick
Reference Number: 2025.260
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Lester (1912–1970) and Joan Avnet (1914–1994), New York, 1968; by descent to their estate; sold, their estate sale, Christie’s, London, Nov. 30, 1971, lot 396, to Franz. Ellen Hoffman, by 1985; Eugene V. Thaw (1927–2018), New York, 1985; sold to Acquavella Galleries, New York; sold to Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, 1985. Marian Phelps Pawlick (b. 1926), Lake Bluff, IL; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

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