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Beside the Sea
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
1876–77
Medium/Technique
Monotype
Dimensions
Platemark: 11.8 x 16.2 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 16.2 x 17.5 cm (6 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 16.2 x 17.5 cm (6 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick
Accession Number1993.1015
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Janis 264 (cat. 61)
DescriptionMounted by the artist onto light-weight cardboard. The mount was removed in 1952. Oval atelier stamp on verso.
Marks
Provenance1918, Degas studio sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, November 22-23, lot 300; Gustave Pellet; Maurice Exteens; 1930, Marcel Guérin (Lugt suppl. 1872b); with Gérald Cramer, Geneva; 1952, sold by Cramer to Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. WIck, Boston; 1993 gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick to MFA (year-end gift, V/C 1/26/1994).