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Le Repos

Artist Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Datecirca 1893

MediumPastel on board

Dimensions19 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (48.9 x 64.8 cm)
Frame: 31 3/4 x 37 x 2 3/4 in. (80.6 x 94 x 7 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object numberG.67.40.1

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Provenance(The collector/dealer) Tadamasa Hayashi, Tokyo and Paris (and New York?); his (estate) sale, New York, American Art Galleries, January 8–9, 1913, no. 88, illus.); Alexander Morton, New York, by 1913 [1]; with Durand-Ruel, New York; with Knoedler, New York [2]; Adolph Lewisohn, New York, by 1921 [3]; Sam A. Lewisohn, New York, by 1936 [4]; to his daughter, Mrs. Joan L[ewisohn] Simon, New York [5]; with George Bernier, Paris; sold to NCMA, 1967.

[1] Lender of the painting to the Armory Show, New York, no. 1014.

[2] N.B. The previous references, including Knoedler, have not been confirmed.

[3] Lender to Impressionist and Post Impressionist Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 3–Sept. 15, 1921. A New York Times article December 1, 1916, reported a reorganization of the Tennessee Copper Company with Adoph Lewisohn President and San Lewisohn Vice President. The article further notes, “According to Mr. Westlake, control of the Tennessee Copper Company has passed to the Lewisohn and Bache interests…” Aline B. Lochheim “Sam Lewisohn and his Legacy to Art,” NYTimes, March 25, 1951, notes that Adoph began collecting in 1885, mostly Barbizon School but also Monets and Renoi’s Young Girls at the Piano [MMA]. The article also mentions that Sam bought a Monticelli at the Armory Show.

[4] The New York Times March 18, 1951 obituary for Sam Lewisohn identifies him as “industrialist, philanthropist and patron of music and art.” Lewisohn, who was a trustee of both the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, bequeathed 184 works of art to the Metropolitan Museum, including El Greco, Cezanne, Gaugin, Van Gogh, Glackens, Maillol, etc. He also made bequests to Princeton University, The Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, and the National Gallery of Art.

[5] The obituary (New York Times June 15, 1954) for Margaret S[eligman]. Lewisohn, widow of Sam Lewisohn, lists among her heirs Mrs. Sidney Simon of New City, New York. Mrs. Lewisohn was killed in an automobile accident returning with Adlai Stevenson from Vassar College, where the 1952 presidential candidate had delivered the commencement address.