Schoolgirl

cast after 1917

Edgar Degas , Artist A. A. Hebrard , Foundry

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About the Artwork

Although Degas is mainly known as a painter, he also produced a number of sculptures. Their characteristic rough, almost "unfinished" surface gives them a sense of tactile immediacy and liveliness. As in his paintings, Degas was interested in showing ordinary figures from contemporary life. The “schoolgirl” was probably someone Degas had noticed in the street.

Title Schoolgirl

Artwork Date cast after 1917

Makers Edgar Degas (Artist) French, 1834-1917 (Foundry) A. A. Hebrard

Medium Bronze

Dimensions Overall: 11 × 4 3/4 × 5 15/16 inches (28 × 12.1 × 15.1 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 56.173

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Marks Marked, estate cachet, stamped into wax before casting, top of base, proper left side: Degas Marked, foundry mark stamped into wax before casting, top of base, proper right rear corner, facing rear: CIRE | PERDUE | A A HEBRARD

Provenance

until September 1956, (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, New York, USA);
September-November 23, 1956, (Fine Arts Associates, New York, New York, USA);
purchased for the DIA with funds from Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman;
1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Rewald, J., ed. Degas Work in Sculpture. New York, 1944, pp. 28, 144.

Rodin to Lipchitz, Part II. Exh. cat., Fine Arts Associates. New York, 1956, no. 9.

Payne, E. H. "A Little Known Bronze by Degas." Bulletin of the DIA 36, no. 4 (1956-1957): pp. 82-85; p. 84 (ill.).

Reff, T. "The Degas of Detroit." Bulletin of the DIA 53, no. 1 (1974): pp. 26-44; p. 20 (ill.).

Reff, T. Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 34 (Spring 1977): (fig. 52).

The Romantics to Rodin. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Detroit Institute of Arts. Los Angeles, 1981, p. 228, no. 104.

"Family Art Game," Detroit Free Press, May 18, 1986, p. 8 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].

Reff, T. Degas, the Artist's Mind. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, 1987, pp. 257-259, (figs. 171, 172).

Campbell, S. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." In "Degas The sculpture. A Catalogue Raisonne by Sara Campbell." Apollo Magazine 142, no. 402 (August 1995): pp. 11, 48.

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