Collection

Impressionist & Modern

The works shown are illustrative reference examples — public-domain museum works representing the categories and calibre Scion advises on. They are not offered for sale; available works are presented to clients by enquiry.

Impressionist & Modern spans roughly 1860 to the mid-twentieth century, from the first Impressionist exhibitions through the movements that followed — a period exceptionally well documented by dealer archives, exhibition catalogues, and, for many artists, established catalogues raisonnés. Scion weighs works from this period against that documentary record closely, since it is often complete enough to resolve questions that remain open for earlier periods. We look for consistency between a work's claimed history and the published record, and for condition and material evidence that support the proposed date.

Auguste Renoir

Eugène Murer (Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, 1841–1906), 1877

Oil on canvas · 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (47 x 39.4 cm)

The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

The Dance Lesson, ca. 1879

Pastel and black chalk on three pieces of wove paper, joined together · 25 3/8 x 22 1/8 in. (64.5 x 56.2 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Adaline Havemeyer Perkins, in memory of her father, Horace Havemeyer, 1971, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

At the Milliner's, 1882

Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting · 30 x 34 in. (76.2 x 86.4 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

Woman Having Her Hair Combed, ca. 1886–88

Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount · 29 1/8 x 23 7/8 in. (74 x 60.6 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), 1887

Oil on canvas · 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)

Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Georges Seurat

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", 1884

Oil on canvas · 27 3/4 x 41 in. (70.5 x 104.1 cm)

Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

Dancers Practicing at the Barre, 1877

Mixed media on canvas · 29 3/4 x 32 in. (75.6 x 81.3 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

The Dance Class, 1874

Oil on canvas · 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm)

Bequest of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1986, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, ca. 1874

Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas · 21 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (54.3 x 73 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Auguste Renoir

Reclining Nude, 1883

Oil on canvas · 25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)

The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002, The Metropolitan Museum of Art