Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog

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Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog

Edgar DegasLinkedCulture matchlcp-568c79847d76

Date
1889
Medium
pastel
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
154285

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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. Scholars have suggested that the unusual tonality of this drawing is due to the fact that it was executed in artificial rather than natural light.

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Credit line
Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund
Provenance
1917-1918: Estate of Edgar Degas [1834-1917], Paris | 1918: (Galerie Georges Petit, second Degas sale, Paris, December 12-13, 1918, no. 87, probably sold to Georges Viau) | probably 1918-1942: Georges Viau [1855-1939], Paris | 1942: (Hotel Druout, Georges Viau sale, Paris, December 11, 1942, no. 65) | 1953?: (M. Knoedler and Co., Paris) | after 1953-before 1962: John B. and Mildred [1890/92-1988] Putnam, Cleveland, OH | by 1962-1988: Peter A. Putnam, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | 1988-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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