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Grand Arabesque, First Time

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

French, 1834–1917

Grand Arabesque, First Time

Modeled c. 1880s, cast 1919–21

Medium bronze
Dimensions Height: 19 in. (48.2 cm)
Object Number 1955.46
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status On View

Image Caption

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Grand Arabesque, First Time, Modeled c. 1880s, cast 1919–21, bronze. Clark Art Institute, 1955.46

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Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four: First Two Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Ten: Degas. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Edgar Degas (1834-1917). Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970. Northampton (MA): Smith College Museum of Art. Degas and the Dance. April 5-May 27, 1979. Fernandez, Rafael, and Alexandra R. Murphy. Degas in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987. Kendall, Richard. Degas and the Little Dancer. Exhibition catalogue. New Haven: Yale University Press; Omaha: Joslyn Museum of Art, 1998. New York: The Grolier Club.. Prints, Drawings and Bronzes by Degas.. Jan. 26-Feb. 28, 1922.. Galeries Georges Petit: Exposition Degas: au profit de la Ligue franco-anglo-américaine contre le cancer : peintures, pastels et dessins, sculptures, eaux-fortes, lithographies et monotypes. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Galeries Georges Petit, 1924. Paul Jamot.. Degas.. Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts.. 1924.. Berlin: Galerie Flechtheim et al.. Das plastische Werk von Edgar Degas.. 1926.. Paris: Musée de l'Orangerie.. Degas, Portraitiste Sculpteur.. 1931.. Paul Valéry.. Degas, Danse, Dessin.. Paris: Gallimard.. 1938.. Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck. "Arabesques in Bronze." The Metropolitan Museum Bulletin, New Series vol. 4, no. 5 (Jan. 1946): 131–35. Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Edgar Degas 1834-1917.. Sept. 4-26, 1948.. Pierre Borel.. Les sculptures inédites de Degas.. Geneva: Pierre Cuiller.. 1949.. London: Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd.. The Complete Collection of Sculptures by Edgar Degas.. Dec. 7-22, 1951.. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum. Edgar Degas. Cat. 87. Amsterdam. 1951. New York: M. Knoedler & Co. Edgar Degas: Original Wax Sculptures.. Nov. 9-Dec. 3, 1955.. Paris: Gazette des Beaux-Arts.. Degas dans les collections françaises.. 1955.. Haavard Rostrup.. Modern Sculpture: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.. Copenhagen: Moderne Afdeling.. 1964.. Sotheby's. Advertisement. The Burlington Magazine 110, no. 781 (April 1968.): ix–xxix. London: Sotheby & Co.. Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture.. April 24, 1968.. Paris: Orangerie des Tuileries.. Degas: Oeuvres du Musée du Louvre.. June 27-Sept. 15, 1969.. Minervino, Fiorella, and Franco Russoli. L'Opera completa di Degas. Milan: Rizzoli, 1970. New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet.. Important 19th & 20th Century Paintings and Sculpture.. May 2, 1974.. Johannesburg (South Africa): Sotheby Parke Bernet.. Important Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Sculpture.... March 4, 1974.. London: The Lefevre Gallery.. The Complete Sculptures of Edgar Degas.. Nov. 18-Dec. 21, 1976.. Terrasse, Antoine. "Degas et la Danse". no. 257. Oeil (Lausanne). Dec. 1976.. Charles W. Millard.. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas.. Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press.. 1976.. Richmond (VA) Museum of Fine Arts.. Degas. May 23-July 9, 1978. John Rewald. Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works.. Zürich: Thames and Hudson.. 1957. Cowling, Elizabeth, and Richard Kendall. Picasso Looks at Degas. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA.: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Barcelona: Museu Picasso, 2010. Godefroy, Cécile, and Marilyn McCully. Pablo Picasso: 43 Works. Madrid: Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso parra el Arte; Málaga: Museo Picasso Málaga, 2010.

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