Edgar Degas, Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund, 1988.93 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Edgar Degas

Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog

1889

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
pastel
Dimensions
49.8 × 32.1 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-192336

Degas executed this portrait of his friend, the artist Ludovic Lepic, with rapid and expressive strokes of powdery pastel. The two artists worked together closely in printmaking early on, and this work is one of several commemorative depictions that Degas made throughout his career. Here, Lepic is seen with his pet, a Belgian Griffon, suggesting a fondness for dogs for which he was well-known in late-19th century Paris. He died just about one month after this portrait was completed at the age of 50.

Provenance

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund, 1988.93

Registry history

  • 1889 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings

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