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Edgar Degas
1834-1917
Sketchbook (notebook 8)
October 1856 and July 1857
Leaves: 4 9/16 x 3 7/16 inches (116 x 87 mm); binding: 4 5/8 x 3 3/8 inches (118 x 86 mm)
Chiefly pencil with some stumping, and pen and brown ink, with watercolor on one leaf, on paper; bound in brown marbled boards.
1985.47
Purchased by The Board of Trustees of the Pierpont Morgan Library in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw.
Notes
Watermark: Sante Innamorati (in script); fragment of an anchor in a circle.
This sketchbook consists of 181 drawings on ninety-two leaves, recording Degas's tour of Rome between October 1856 and July 1857. It contains sketches of antique statuary, as well as copies of Renaissance and other works of art.
This sketchbook consists of 181 drawings on ninety-two leaves, recording Degas's tour of Rome between October 1856 and July 1857. It contains sketches of antique statuary, as well as copies of Renaissance and other works of art.
Inscriptions/Markings
Variously inscribed.
Associated names
Guérin, Marcel, 1873-1948, former owner.
Indig, Alfred, Mme, former owner.
Indig, Alfred, Mme, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 334.
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Century Drawings
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