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| Male Nude 1856 |
This group of Degas paintings includes many intimate or experimental works that remained in the artist's studio at the time of his death in 1917. These were subsequently sold in a series of Paris auctions (in contrast to the contents of the studio of J.M.W. Turner some decades earlier, purchased en bloc by the British government as a national treasure). The paintings Degas chose to keep near him throughout his career were in large measure acquired by wealthy New York collectors – and ultimately deeded to the Metropolitan Museum, where they remain today.
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| Young Woman with Ibises 1860-62 |
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| Portrait of a Woman c. 1865 |
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| Two Men c. 1865-69 |
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| Mademoiselle Marie Dihau 1867-68 |
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| Madame Théodore Gobillard 1869 |
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| Sulking 1870 |
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| Ballet from Robert le Diable 1871 |
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| Woman Ironing 1873 |
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| Woman on Sofa 1875 |
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| Dancer on stage (gouache) 1877 |
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| Dancers (fan mount, watercolor) 1879 |
The watercolor fan-shape above was originally owned by a friend and colleague of Degas, the American expatriate painter Mary Cassatt. In need of money in the 1920s, she sold the Japanese-inspired fan along with a few other pieces to Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, the New York widow of a sugar baron. In her day Mrs. Havemeyer owned more Degas than anybody.
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| Dancers and Double Bass c. 1882-85 |
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| Dancers, Pink and Green c. 1890 |