Edgar Degas

stamped Degas (lower left)

31¼ by 17⅝ in.

79.4 by 44.8 cm.

Estate of the artist

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Degas, 1ère Vente, 6-8 May 1918, lot 138 (consigned by the above)

Rusen Collection, Paris

Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm (acquired by 1920)

Stina Eriksson, Uppsala (acquired by 1954)

Christie's, New York, 6 November 1979, lot 22

Galerie Koller, Zurich

Private Collection

Margaret Lipworth Fine Art, Boca Raton

Acquired from the above in 1987 by the present owner

Stockholm, Nationalmuseum; Oslo, Nationalgalleriets Kvadratsal and Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Degas-utställning (Stockholm and Oslo) and Degas-udstilling: Foreningen Fransk Kunst (Copenhagen), 1920, no. 40, p. 19

Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Cézanne till Picasso: Fransk konst i svensk ägo, 1954, no. 88, p. 72 (titled Danseuses)

Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Jubileumsutställningen 40 år, 1958, no. 54, p. 50, illustrated (titled Danseuses)

Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, no. 1102, p. 636 and p. 637, illustrated

Lillian Browse, Degas Dancers, London and Boston, 1949, no. 205, n.p., illustrated and p. 402 (titled Deux danseuses sur une banquette and dated circa 1890-1900)

Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, New York and London, 1984, vol. III, no. 1102, p. 636, illustrated and p. 637