Edgar Degas

Estate of the artist

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Degas, 1ère Vente, 6-8 May 1918, lot 79 (consigned by the above)

Georges N. Bernheim, Paris (acquired by 1921)

Ludwig and Estella Katzenellenbogen, Berlin (probably acquired from the

above)

Ludwig Katzenellenbogen, Berlin (acquired by 1928)

Tilla Durieux-Katzenellenbogen, Berlin (acquired from the above by 1929)

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 March 1935, lot 33 (consigned by the above)

Georgette Lecomte (née Pellerin), Paris (acquired from the above sale through André Schoeller, Paris)

Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)

Christie's, London, 4 February 2008, lot 13 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, England (acquired from the above sale)

Christie’s, London, 23 June 2015, lot 33 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Liège, Société Royale des Beaux-Arts, Salon Triennal de 1921, 1921, no. 106, p. 46 (titled Dans les coulisses)

Bern, Kunsthalle, Französische Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts und van Gogh, 1934, no. 32, p. 6 (titled Tänzerinnen. "Scène de ballet")

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Danse et divertissements, 1948-49, no. 54, n.p. (titled Danseuses)

Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Degas, 1993, no. 50, p. 93, illustrated in colour (dated circa 1893)

Kunsthaus Zürich (on extended loan, 2005-07)

Denis Rouart, Degas, Paris, 1949, p. 77, illustrated in colour (dated 1890)

Franco Russoli, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 814, p. 123, illustrated

Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, vol. III, New York and London, 1984, no. 839, p. 485, illustrated