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Victoria Dubourg

Victoria Dubourg

c. 1866
(French, 1834–1917)
France, 19th century
graphite
Sheet: 30.9 x 21.9 cm (12 3/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1951.483
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Around the time this drawing was made, its subject, Victoria Dubourg, became engaged to the artist Henri Fantin-Latour, also a friend of Degas.

Description

This drawing is one of several studies that Edgar Degas created for a painted portrait of the artist Victoria Dubourg, now in the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art. Here, Degas concentrated on the facial expression of Dubourg, known for her still-lifes of flowers. Attempting to precisely render Dubourg's direct gaze, Degas drew her eyes in greater detail, even adding an additional sketch along the sheet's upper margin.
  • c. 1866-1918
    Estate of Edgar Degas [1834-1917], Paris
    1918
    (Galerie Georges Petit, second Degas sale, Paris, December 11-13, 1918, no. 238, 2nd part)
    after 1918-by 1941
    Mme. Alice Weiller [1869-1943], Paris, by descent to Paul-Louis Weiller, Geneva
    by 1941-before 1951
    Paul-Louis Weiller [1883-1993], Geneva
    by 1947-1951
    Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1951-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Lemoisne, P. A. Degas et son oeuvre. Paris: Brame and De Hauke, 1946). Mentioned: p. 68, under no. 137
    French Drawings and Water Colors, Supplement to The Painting of France Since the French Revolution. Exh. Cat. San Francisco: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1941. Mentioned: p. 6, no. 217
    Francis, Henry Sayles. Works by Edgar Degas. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1947. Mentioned: p. 19, no. 57; Reproduced: pl. XLVIII
    Coe, Nancy. "The History of the Collecting of European Paintings and Drawings in the City of Cleveland." MA Thesis. Oberlin College, 1955. Mentioned: vol. II, p. 258, no. 9
    Francis, Henry S. "Drawings by Degas." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 10 (December 1957): 212-217. Mentioned: p. 215; Reproduced: p. 214 www.jstor.org
    Eitner, Lorenz. The Nineteenth Century: One Hundred Twenty-Five Master Drawings. Exh. Cat. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1962. Mentioned: no. 27; Reproduced: pl. 33
    The Toledo Museum of Art: European Paintings. Toledo: Toledo Museum of Art, 1976. Mentioned: p. 52
    Thomson, Richard. The Private Degas. Exh. Cat. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1987. Mentioned: p. 17, 139, no. 30; Reproduced: p. 21
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    The Private Degas. Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (January 20-February 28, 1987); Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge CB2 1RB (March 17-May 3, 1987).
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