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Young Girls beside the Sea (formerly Nursemaids on the Beach)
c. 1869
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
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Young Girls beside the Sea (formerly Nursemaids on the Beach)
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  • Artist Name: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
  • Title: Young Girls beside the Sea (formerly Nursemaids on the Beach)
  • Date: c. 1869
  • Medium: Essence on mauve-colored laid paper
  • Dimensions: 17-3/4 x 23-3/4 in. (45.1 x 60.3 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
  • Accession Number: M.1996.2.P
  • Copyright: © Norton Simon Art Foundation

Object Information

Edgar Degas Estate, Paris (sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 9 April 1919, lot 34, ill., as Jeunes filles au bord de la mer, to);
René Degas, Paris.
[Paul Rosenberg, Paris/Rosenberg & Helft, Ltd., London].
Edith Dunn (Mrs. Alfred Chester) Beatty, London, by 1937, by inheritance to;
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, London and Dublin, sold 16 March 1955 to;
[Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, stock no. 5598, offered 17 June 1957 and subsequently sold 1 October 1957 to];
Robert Ellis Simon, Los Angeles, bequest 1969 to;
The Norton Simon Foundation, transferred 1996 to;
Norton Simon Art Foundation.

Dessins et pastels de Degas

  • Paris, Paul Rosenberg, 1932-12 to

Degas

  • London, Rosenberg & Helft, Ltd., 1937-11 to

[on loan]

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to 1972-09-05

Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1958-03-03 to 1958-04-06

Special Exhibition for the College Art Association (Mr. and Mrs. Norton Simon Collection)

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965-01-18 to 1965-04-16

Three Centuries of French Art: Selections from The Norton Simon, Inc. Museum of Art and The Norton Simon Foundation_1

  • California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1973-05-03 to 1976-06-15

Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2017-11-09 to 2018-04-09
  • Lemoisne, Paul-André, Degas et son oeuvre, no. 374
  • Russoli, Franco; and Fiorella Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, no. 390 p. 104
  • Kunst und Künstler,
  • Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas, 1958, no. 24 p. 10
  • Kennedy, Brian P., Irish Arts Review, 1987, p. 51
  • Masterpieces from the Norton Simon Museum, 1989, p. 154
  • Campbell, Sara et al., Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, 2009, Fig. 2 p. 81
  • Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 56 p. 251
  • Michel Schulman, Degas Catalogue Raisonné Online, 2021, M-1368

Additional Artwork by Artist

Arabesque over the right leg, left arm in front Edgar Degas Modeled c. 1882-95; cast 1919-21
Arabesque over the right leg, left arm in line Edgar Degas Modeled 1885-90; cast 1919-21
Arabesque over the right leg, right hand near the ground, left arm outstretched (First arabesque penchée) Edgar Degas Modeled 1885-90; cast 1919-21
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