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Attributed to Edgar DEGAS (French, 1834-1917) Ludovic Halévy, circa 1895-1896 Gelatin silver printing-out paper print 8.2 x 7.4 cm

Attributed to Edgar DEGAS (French, 1834-1917)
Ludovic Halévy, circa 1895-1896 
Gelatin silver printing-out paper print
8.2 x 7.4 cm

Provenance
Ludovic Halévy; Mme. Halévy-Joxe; Francois Braunschweig; Eric G. Carlson, New York, November 1988; Robert Flynn Johnson; David and Constance Yates; Suzanne Winsberg, 1994; Estate of Suzanne Winsberg

Exhibition
Edgar Degas, Photographer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 9 October 1998-3 January 1999; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2 February-28 March 1999; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 11 May-31 July 1999

Literature
Malcolm Daniel, Edgar Degas, Photographer (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998) fig. 8, p. 25 and no. 14a, p.129

One of the most revered of the artists associated with French Impressionism, Degas was also a talented photographer whose body of work in this medium ranged in subject from portraits to dancers to street scenes and landscapes. Famous for his paintings and pastels, Degas was introduced to photography late in life by Daniel Halevy, son of his close friends Louise and Ludovic Halevy, who prompted Degas to acquire a camera which used glass plates and a tripod. Making photographs challenged Degas to explore a new form of visual expression. Degas shared his bold experiments in photography with a small circle of friends and fellow artists. The son and nephew of men of the theater, Ludovic Halevy wrote the librettos for Orphee aux Enfers, La Belle Helene, and, in collaboration with Henri Meilhac, La Vie Parisienne, among others, all of them to music by Jacques Offenbach. One other known print of this image (but cropped differently) exists in the Clark Art Institute; a variant of this print is in the collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Attributed to Edgar DEGAS (French, 1834-1917) Ludovic Halévy, circa 1895-1896 Gelatin silver printing-out paper print 8.2 x 7.4 cm

Attributed to Edgar DEGAS (French, 1834-1917)
Ludovic Halévy, circa 1895-1896 
Gelatin silver printing-out paper print
8.2 x 7.4 cm

Provenance
Ludovic Halévy; Mme. Halévy-Joxe; Francois Braunschweig; Eric G. Carlson, New York, November 1988; Robert Flynn Johnson; David and Constance Yates; Suzanne Winsberg, 1994; Estate of Suzanne Winsberg

Exhibition
Edgar Degas, Photographer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 9 October 1998-3 January 1999; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2 February-28 March 1999; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 11 May-31 July 1999

Literature
Malcolm Daniel, Edgar Degas, Photographer (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998) fig. 8, p. 25 and no. 14a, p.129

One of the most revered of the artists associated with French Impressionism, Degas was also a talented photographer whose body of work in this medium ranged in subject from portraits to dancers to street scenes and landscapes. Famous for his paintings and pastels, Degas was introduced to photography late in life by Daniel Halevy, son of his close friends Louise and Ludovic Halevy, who prompted Degas to acquire a camera which used glass plates and a tripod. Making photographs challenged Degas to explore a new form of visual expression. Degas shared his bold experiments in photography with a small circle of friends and fellow artists. The son and nephew of men of the theater, Ludovic Halevy wrote the librettos for Orphee aux Enfers, La Belle Helene, and, in collaboration with Henri Meilhac, La Vie Parisienne, among others, all of them to music by Jacques Offenbach. One other known print of this image (but cropped differently) exists in the Clark Art Institute; a variant of this print is in the collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum.

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