Edgar Degas, In the Salon
and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1977.44 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Edgar Degas

In the Salon

c. 1880s

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
monotype
Dimensions
24.5 × 18.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-191348

Edgar Degas's series of monotypes depicting brothels depicted a hidden aspect of Parisian life. Degas's interest in the subject paralleled the theme of the prostitute in naturalist novels of the era by Emile Zola and Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, and echoed the then-contemporary debate about the regulation—or abolition—of prostitution in Paris. In this print, three women await their clients under a luminous globed chandelier. A standing figure reaches out her left arm as if to beckon an unseen visitor.

Provenance

and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1977.44

Registry history

  • c. 1880s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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