The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841–1878), 1873, Pastel on green wove paper, now darkened to brown, 18 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. (47.3 x 38.4 cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), The sitter for this likeness is thought to be Mathilde Musson, one of Degas’s cousins in New Orleans. Degas made a number of pictures featuring Mathilde and her two sisters when he visited the family during the fall and winter of 1872–73
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Artist, Cousin, Mrs, William Bell, Mathilde Musson, 1841–1878, 1873, Pastel, green wove paper, now darkened, brown, 18 5/8 x 15 1/8, 47.3 38.4 cm, Drawings, Edgar Degas, French, Paris, 1834–1917, sitter, likeness, thought, Degas, cousins, New Orleans, number, pictures featuring, Mathilde, two sisters, visited, family, fall, winter, 1872–73
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