Squall in the Mountains
1890
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
Not on View

In October 1890, Degas traveled with his friend the sculptor Albert Bartholomé to visit their mutual friend, the artist Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, at his estate in Burgundy. Jeanniot had a printing press and artist's tools, which Degas borrowed to work on a series of landscape monotypes. According to Jeanniot, it was there that Degas made his first monotypes � not in black printer's ink, but in oil paints in a range of colors. He continued with this technique after his return to Paris. The style that evolved relied almost entirely on color as both an organizing and refining agent, and ignored line altogether.

Details

  • Artist Name: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
  • Title: Squall in the Mountains
  • Date: 1890
  • Medium: Monotype in oil colors on cream-colored wove paper
  • Dimensions: sheet: 11-13/16 x 15-11/16 in. (30.0 x 39.84 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Museum Purchase, B. Gerald Cantor Fund
  • Accession Number: P.1965.009.1
  • Copyright: © Norton Simon Museum

Object Information

René de Gas.
Maurice Exsteens, Paris.
[Galerie Hector Brame, to];
[Cesar de Hauke, Paris, 1958].
Valentine Abdy, Paris.
[L'Oeil Galerie d’art, Paris].
[E.V. Thaw & Co., New York, 1964].
[Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills, stock no. K17993; sold 1965 to];
Pasadena Art Museum;
Norton Simon Museum.

Edgar Degas 1834-1917: Skulpturer og Monotypier, Tegninger of Malerier

  • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1948-09-04 to 1948-09-26

[on loan]

  • Paris, Galerie de L'Oeil, 1964-09 to

Nine Monotypes by Degas

  • New York, E.V. Thaw & Co., 1964-12-01 to

Degas Landscapes

  • New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994-01-21 to 1994-04-03
  • Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1994-04-24 to 1994-07-03

Images of the Landscape, Barbizon and Impressionist Paintings from the Permanent Collection

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1987-07-02 to 1989-10-29

Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty

  • Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), 2016-03-01 to 2016-08-05

Van Gogh to Picasso: Selected Master Prints from 1890-1960

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1986-08-07 to 1987-04-26
  • Janis, Eugenia P., Degas Monotypes, no. 306
  • Degas by Himself: Drawings, prints, paintings, writings, p. 265
  • Adhémar, Jean; and Françoise Cachin, Edgar Degas gavures et monotypes, 1973, no. 197
  • Adhémar, Jean; and Françoise Cachin, Degas: The Complete Etchings, Lithopgraphs and Monotypes, 1974, no. 197
  • Nectoux, Jean-Michel, Debussy and the Arts, 2005, p. 208
  • Dumas, Ann; and Richard Kendall, Edgar Degas: The Last Landscapes, the Views of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme in Context, 2006, fig. 21 p. 21
  • Campbell, Sara et al., Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, 2009, Fig. 23 p. 189
  • Museum of Modern Art, Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, 2016, Plate 129 p. #183
  • Chéroux, Clément, Since 1839...Eleven Essays on Photography, 2021, Figure 6.3 pp. 112-114, p. 113 (ill.)

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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