| Maker(s): | Degas, Edgar | | Culture: | French (1834 - 1917)
| | Title: | Gesturing Men, study for the painting The Daughter of Jephthah
| | Date Made: | 1859 - 1861
| | Type: | Drawing
| | Materials: | graphite on medium weight, slightly textured, cream-colored laid paper
| | Place Made: | France
| | Measurements: | sheet: 33.3375 cm x 21.7488 cm; 13 1/8 in x 8 9/16 in
| | Narrative Inscription: | inscription on lower left: Degas, inscription on verso: 44 5 x 31 5 / 1611, label on object file: PICTURES - WITH CARE/ Mr. George S. Heyer, Jr.,/2421 Wooldridge Drive,/ Austin,/ TEXAS 78703, U.S.A./From THE LEFEVRE GALLERY/(ALEX. REID & LEFEVRE, LTD.)/30 BRUTON STREET, LONDON, W.1 / 13/br.[?] /Transports Internationaux/ARTHUR LENARS & Cie/22bis Rue de Paradis/PARIS Xe PRO.30-34/ARL / "ETUDE POUR LA FILLE DE JEPHTE"/Drawing by/ EDGAR DEGAS./THE LEFEVRE GALLERY/ (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, LTD.)/30 BRUTON STREET, LONDON, w.1/Paintings and Drawings. / [star in a square] San Antonio Museum of Art/ 200 West Jones Avenue/San Antonio, Texas 78215 (210)978-8100/Exhibit:"500 Years of French Art"/ April 7-August 20, 1995/Edgar Degas (1834-1917)/STUDY FOR "THE DAUGHTER OF JEPHTHAN"/(ETUDE POUR "LA FILLE DE JEPHTHAN"0 1861-64/Pencil drawing, (21-1/4"x7-1/2") / DANTON 65-68/DORURE ENCADREMENT/HAVARD PERE et FILS/125.Bd MONTPARNASSE / DO...../EXPORIATION/PARIS/CENTRALE
| | Accession Number: | SC 1998.15
| | Credit Line: | Gift of George S. Heyer Jr. in honor of Isabel Brown Wilson, class of 1953
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
upper torsos of two figures, front one with right hand on chin and back one partly visible with both hands up, left holding a staff, sketchy figure in lower left mid-action, legs apart and arms upraised
Tags:
men; anatomy; nudes Subjects:
Men; nudes (representations); Anatomy; Graphite Link to share this object record:
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