Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris, 1870-1910 exhibition records

Degas, Sickert, and Toulouse-Lautrec, London and Paris 1870-1910 explores the relationship between British and French artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with particular focus on the works of Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Walter Sickert, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

These curatorial records were collected and created in the course of researching, planning, and executing the exhibition. This exhibition originated at Tate London, October 5, 2005 – January 15, 2006, and traveled to The Phillips Collection, February 18 – May 14, 2006. A substantial catalog was published by Tate Publishing in conjunction with the exhibition.

The primary creators of the exhibition records were Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator, Renée Maurer, Curatorial Coordinator, and Christopher Ketcham, Assistant Registrar for Collections and Exhibitions, at The Phillips Collection; as well as Tate Britain staff Martin Myrone, Heather Birchall, and Catherine Putz.

The collection consists of the research and exhibition planning files of curatorial staff, interfiled. These records consist of research materials assembled, exhibition planning and execution documents such as legal and financial records, lender files, (restricted) and checklists (restricted).

Research was conducted by curatorial staff at The Phillips Collection; the files include various secondary sources on Degas, Sickert, and Toulouse-Lautrec, including writings by Sickert on Degas, dated 1917-1923. The collection also contains substantial provenance research, due to the fact that The Phillips Collection had to supply this information in the U.S. Indemnity Application, to bring works into the country from abroad. Provenance information was gathered in 2005-2006 by correspondence with various owners and collectors of works on loan to The Phillips Collection for the exhibition.