Ballet at the Paris Opéra

1. Albert Hecht (1842–1889), Paris; by descent to his wife, Mme. Albert Hecht (née Mathilde Oulman), Paris, to at least, April 1924 [Paris 1924 exh. cat.]; by descent to her daughter, Suzanne Hecht (later Mme. Emannuel Pontremoli; died 1956), Paris, by 1939 [Lemoisne 1946]. Mary and Leigh Block, Chicago, by May 1967 [Washington DC 1967 exh. cat.]; given to the Art Institute, 1981.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Third Impressionist Exhibition 1877.
• Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, "Exposition Degas," April 12-May 2, 1924, p. 63, cat. 113.
• Washington D.C., The National Gallery of Art, "100 European Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block," May 4-June 11, 1967, cat. 6; traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 21-November 2, 1967.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, "Degas in The Art Institute of Chicago," July 19-September 23, 1984, pp. 72-74, cat. 31 (ill.), cat. by Richard R. Brettell and Suzanne Folds McCullagh.
• Detroit Institute of Arts, "Degas and the Dance," October 20, 2002-January 12, 2003, p. 95, 111, 165-167, 291, pl. 183 (ill. p.166), cat. by Jill DeVonyar and Richard Kendall.
• Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, “The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago,” June 29-November 2, 2008, p. 91, cat. 40 (ill.), cat. by Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, "Degas: At the Track, On the Stage", July 1, 2015-February 26, 2016, no cat.

• Paul André Lemoisne, Degas et son Oeuvre (Paris, 1946), no. 513 (ill.).
• Jean Sutherland Boggs, “Degas Monotypes at the Fogg,” The Burlington Magazine 110:784 (July 1968), pp. 429-430 (ill).
• Fiorella Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas (Milan, 1970), no. 724.
• George T.M. Shackelford, Degas: The Dancers, exh. cat. (Washington D.C., 1984), p. 30, fig. 1.6.
• The New Paintings: Impressionism 1874-1886, exh. cat. (San Francisco, 1986), p. 204.
• Richard Brettell, French Impressionists (Chicago, 1987), pp. 20-22, and 117 (ill.).
• Jean Sutherland Boggs and Anne Maheux, Degas Pastels (New York, 1992), p. 52, pl. 7.
• James N. Wood and Sally Ruth May, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide (Chicago, 1993), p. 214 (ill.).
• Jean Sutherland Boggs, Degas (Chicago, 1996), pp. 30-31, 33(ill. detail), 82 (ill.), and 108, pl. 11.
• James N. Wood, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 2000), p.49 (ill.).
• James N. Wood and Sally Ruth May, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide (Chicago, 2003), p. 214 (ill.).
• Maria Teresa Benedetti, Degas Classico e Moderno, exh. cat. (Rome, 2004), p. 233.

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

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Sulking

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Dancers Practicing at the Barre

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A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

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The Collector of Prints

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The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"

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The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841–1878)

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The Rehearsal Onstage

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