Advanced Search 
Cliffs on the Edge of the Sea
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
1869
Medium/Technique
Pastel on paper
Dimensions
44.1 x 58.4 cm (17 3/8 x 23 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lydia Pope Turtle and Isabel Pope Conant in memory of their father, Herbert Pope
Accession Number1980.390
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPastels
InscriptionsLower left: (signed indistinctly)
ProvenanceJuly 2-4, 1919, Degas atelier sale, Galerie Georges Petit, lot 59b. Galerie Nunès et Fiquet, Paris. 1928, sold by Alex, Reid and Lefevre, Ltd., London, to Herbert Pope (b. 1870 or 1871 - d. 1958), Chicago; by descent to his daughter, Lydia Pope Turtle (b. 1905 - d. 2001), Brookline, MA; 1980, gift of Lydia Pope Turtle to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1980)