ID: 700008838 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008838	Record Type: Movable Work

An Album of Pencil Sketches (drawings (visual works); Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917); about 1877; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 95.GD.35)

Titles:

An Album of Pencil Sketches (preferred,C,U,RP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawings (visual works) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

albums (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1877

Creator Display:

Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917) [preferred,VP]

creator Degas, Edgar (French painter and sculptor, 1834-1917) [500115194]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 95.GD.35

Display Materials: Pencil on heavy wove paper

	pencils (drawing and writing equipment) [300022439]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

	wove paper [300014187]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by production method>)

Dimensions: 24.8 x 33 cm (9 3/4 x 13 in.)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Inscriptions: On the front cover, inscribed at the top right, in Halévy's hand, in black ink, "1877", and in the center, "Croquis de Degas" (Sketches by Degas).

Marks: On the inside rear cover is a stationer's label: "À La Palette de Rubens/ Couleurs fines/ Ve de St Martin et Frère/ Papeterie Tableaux/ Rue de Seine 4, Paris"; and the code, "t-c 5F".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
An Album of Pencil Sketches	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]