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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Lot 439
21.10.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 439 | Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Mary Cassatt au Louvre

vernis mou, eau-forte, pointe-sèche et aquatinte, sur papier Japon vergé fin

Plaque: 26.7 x 23.2 cm.

Feuille: 35.5 x 26.8 cm.

Exécutée vers 1879-80, très bonne impression de cette importante estampe du neuvième et dernier état, comme décrit par Reed Shapiro, de ou en dehors de l'édition prévue à cinquante exemplaires imprimée par Alfred Salmon, Paris



softground etching, drypoint, aquatint, and etching, on thin laid Japan paper

Plate: 10 ½ x 9 1⁄8 in.

Sheet: 14 x 10 ½ in.

Executed in 1879-80, a very good impression of this important print, Reed & Shapiro's ninth, final state, an impression from or aside of the projected edition of fifty printed by Alfred Salmon, Paris





Provenance

Succession de l'artiste; probablement dans la vente posthume de son atelier, Atelier Degas, Paris, les 22 et 23 novembre 1918, Mes. Dubourg et Delvigne, lot 50 ('Au Louvre: Musée des Antiques - Cinquante-neuf épreuves dont 44 sur papier du Japon./ Ce numéro sera divisé.')

Initiales WB non identifiées (non référencées dans Lugt).

Intials SM non identifiées, dans un ovale (non référencées dans Lugt).

Sam Josefowitz, Pully.

Puis par descendance aux propriétaires actuels.



Literature

L. Delteil, Le Peintre-Graveur illustré, Degas, New York, 1968, vol. IX, no. 30.vi.

J. Adhemar, F. Cachin, The complete etchings, lithographs and monotypes, Londres, 1974, no. 53.vi (une autre épreuve illustrée).

B. S. Shapiro, S. W. Reed, Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, cat. ex., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, London, Hayward Gallery, Boston, Philadelphia et London, 1984, p. 168-183, no. 51.ix (cette impression citée; illustrée, p. 183).

S. Lees, R. R. Brettell, Innovative Impressions, Prints by Cassatt, Degas and Pissarro, cat. ex., Tulsa, Oklahoma, juin 9-septembre 9, 2018, p. 34, no. 29 (autres impressions illustrées).

Degas, en noir et blanc, dessins, estampes, photographies, cat. ex., Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, 2023, p. 97.



Exhibited

Liverpool, Tate Gallery, Degas Images of Women, 21 septembre-31 decembre 1989, p. 34, no. 9 (illustrée).

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Philadelphia, Museum of Art; London, Hayward Gallery; Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, novembre 1984-juillet 1985, p. 168, no. 51.ix (illustrée, p. 183).

Vevey, Cabinet cantonal des estampes; Quebec, Musée du Québec; Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Degas & Pissarro: alchimie d'une rencontre, août 1998-octobre 1999, p. 74, no. 46 (illustrée p. 73).
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