The Dance Lesson

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Title The Dance Lesson Creator Edgar Degas Date Created c. 1879 Physical Dimensions overall 38 x 88 cm (14 15/16 x 34 5/8 in.) framed 59.7 x 108.3 x 5.1 cm (23 1/2 x 42 5/8 x 2 in. ) Provenance (Durand-Ruel, Paris); sold to G.G. Keansward, Jr., Boston. Rev. George S. Fiske, Boston, by 1927;[1] Mrs. Esther Fiske Hammond, Santa Barbara, by 1937.[2] Mrs. Alfred Chester Beatty [n¨¦e Edith Dunn Stone, d. 1952], London.[3] (Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York); sold November 1957 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1995 to NGA. [1] On loan from Fiske to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by 1927. [2] Lent by Mrs. Fiske Hammond to the 1937 Degas exhibition in Paris. [3] According to Paul-Andr¨¦ Lemoisne, _Degas et son Oeuvre_, New York and London, 1984, vol II, no. 625. Rights CC0 Medium oil on canvas Show more