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53.5 × 41.8 cm (21 1/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Framed: 71.2 × 61 cm (28 × 24 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Clara Margaret Lynch in memory of John A. Lynch
Reference Number
1955.738
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Paul André Lemoisne, “Degas et son oeuvre.” (Paris, 1947, no. 477) erroneously listed as a pastel.
Giusy Pisano, “Sonore: Les koisirs auditifs. Des foyers aux salles de cinéma,” in Dominique Païni, Paul Perrin et Marie Robert, eds., Enfin le cinema! : Arts, Images et Spectacles en France (1833-1907), exh. cat. (Paris : Musée d’Orsay; Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais, 2021), 252 cat. 269, 311.
Baltimore Museum of Art for exhibition, Apr. 17-June 3, 1962
Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbun, for Degas exhibition, Sep. 23, 1976-Jan. 15, 1977.
Albi, France, Musee Toulouse Lautrec, for AIC exhib., June 27-Aug. 31, 1980.
Seibu Museum, Tokyo, Fukuoka and Kyoto for AIC Impressionists exhibition, Oct. 1885-Apr. 13, 1986.
Kunsthaus Zurich, Degas: The Portraits, Dec. 2, 1994-Mar. 5, 1995; Kunsthalle Tubingen Mar. 18, 1995-June 18, 1995 [Zurich only].
Tokyo, ASAHI Shimbun, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 24, 1994, cat. 31; Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, Apr. 20-May 29, 1994; Nagoya, Japan, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10-July 24, 1994; Yokohama Museum of Art, Aug. 6-Sep. 25, 1994.
Glens Falls, NY, Hyde Collection, Degas and Music, July 8-Oct. 18, 2009, cat. 18.
Art Institute of Chicago, Degas: At the Track, On the Stage, July 1, 2015-Feb. 26, 2016, no cat.
Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Enfin le cinéma! Arts, images et spectacles en France 1833-1907, Sep. 27, 2021-Jan. 16, 2022, cat. 252; Loas Angeles County Museum of Art, City of Cinema: Paris 1850-1907, Feb. 20-July 10, 2022 [Paris only]
Lemoisne 477
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