Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing

Edgar Degasc. 1880

Details

Title: Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing
Creator: Edgar Degas
Date Created: c. 1880
Physical Dimensions: overall: 32 x 48 cm (12 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Provenance: (Degas sale, 22-23 November 1918, no. 201); Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 June 1935, lot F); David David-Weill [1871-1952], Neuilly-sur-Seine; [1] (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, 25-26 May 1971, no. 56); acquired by Walter Feilchenfeldt for Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1985 to NGA. [1] During World War II the drawing was confiscated by the Nazi Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR, no. D-W 355) from the David-Weill collection in France, and recovered by David-Weill after the war. David-Weill was president of the Conseil artistique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux. His claim for objects not recovered after the war is published in the _Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre 1939-1945_, Groupe français du conseil de controle, 1947.
Medium: charcoal on tan laid paper

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