EDGAR DEGAS. 1834-1917

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Pastel on cardboard. 50 X 63 cm. Inv. No 3276 Signed lower right: Degas

A version painted in 1875—77, reproducing the left-hand part of the Moscow picture, is now at the Tate Gallery in London.

Provenance: until 1918 The S. Shchukin Collection, Moscow; 1918—48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 30; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 14; 1974 Leningrad, Cat. 10; 1974—75 Moscow, Cat. 5

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 47; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 67; Кат. собр. С. Щукина 1913, No 41, pp. 10— 11; Тугендхольд 1914, p. 39, ill. p. 20; Перцов 1921, No 41, p. 108; Тугендхольд 1923, p. 37, ill. p. 32; Кат. ГМНЗИ 1928, No 122; Reau 1929, No 765; Pe-валд 1959, p. 186; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 128; Antonova 1977, No 99

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170 DANCER AT THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S

Oil on canvas. 65 X 50 cm. Inv. No 3274 Signed lower right: Degas

The same interior is depicted in a canvas of 1873, Three Dancers, now in a private collection in Paris; the pose of the dancer on the extreme left is similar to that of the dancer in the Moscow picture. A pencil drawing for this picture (present location unknown) was published in The Burlington Magazine. Pick-vance dates the Pushkin Museum piece to 1874. Provenance: The G. Bram Collection, Paris; The A. Do-ria Collection, Paris; 1901 The P. Durand-Ruel Collection, Paris; The P. Cassirer Collection, Berlin; 1901 The S.Shchukin Collection, Moscow; 1918—48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1879 Paris, Cat. 72; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 30; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 14; 1974 Leningrad, Cat. 8; 1974—75 Moscow, Cat. 5

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 47; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 67; Муратов 1908, p. 120; Кат. собр. С. Щукина 1913, No 39, pp. 10—11; Тугендхольд 1914, p. 39, ill. p. 21; Grautoff 1919, ill. p. 85; Перцов 1921, No 39, p. 108; Тугендхольд 1923, pp. 36—37, ill. p. 31; Кат. ГМНЗИ 1928, No 120; Reau 1929, No 763; Sterling 1957, ill. 66, p. 88; Ревалд 1959, p. 149, ill.; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 129; A.Pickvance, "Degas's Dancers. 1872—6", The Burlington Magazine, 1963, June, pp. 260—261, ill. 18; Apollo, 1967, 1, ill.; Эдгар Дега. Письма. Воспоминания современников, Moscow, 1971, ill. 33; Antonova 1977, No 98

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171 EXERCISING RACEHORSES

Pastel on paper. 36 X 86 cm. Inv. No 3275 Signed lower right and left: degas

From the 1860s on Degas frequently painted horse-racing scenes. There is another pastel similar to that of The Pushkin Museum (see Lemoisne 1946—49, No 597 bis).

Provenance: until 1894 The T. Duret Collection, Paris; until 1918 The S. Shchukin Collection, Moscow; 1918— 48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibitions: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 30; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 14; 1974 Leningrad, Cat. 9; 1974—75 Moscow, Cat. 3

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 47; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 67, ill.; Муратов 1908, p. 125; Кат. собр. С.Щукина 1913, No 40, pp. 10—11; Перцов 1921, No 40, p. 108; Тугендхольд 1923, ill. p. 33; Ettinger 1926, part 1, p. 26, ill.; Кат. ГМНЗИ 1928, No 121; Reau 1929, No 764; Ревалд 1959, p. 135, ill.; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 126; Antonova 1977, No 97

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Pastel on paper. 65 X 65 cm. Inv. No 3273 The picture may be dated approximately 1898 (Le-moisne dates it 1897). An earlier work on the same theme, painted in oils around 1890 (in the Musee de I'lmpressionnisme in Paris), is similar to the Pushkin Museum pastel in its use of color. Another pastel of 1899 is now in the Paul Durand-Ruel Collection. Provenance: 1898—1903 The P. Durand-Ruel Collection, Paris; 1903—18 The S. Shchukin Collection, Moscow; 1918—48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 30; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 14; 1974—75 Moscow, Cat. 6 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 47, ill.; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 67, ill.; Муратов 1908, p. 129; Кат. собр. С. Щукина 1913, No 38, pp. 10—11; Тугендхольд 1914, p. 39, ill. p. 22; Перцов 1921, No 38, p. 108; Тугендхольд 1923, ill. p. 28; Кат. ГМНЗИ 1928, No 123; Reau 1929, No 766; D. Rouart, Degas. A la recherche de sa technique, Paris, 1945, ill.; Ревалд 1959, pp. 360—361; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 127; ГМИИ 1966, No 93; Эдгар Дега. Письма. Воспоминания современников, Moscow, 1971, ill. (on the dust-cover); Antonova 1977, No 100

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