Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Lot 4
15.12.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
£ 10 080
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 1108803
Lot 4 | Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 3 500
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Autograph letter signed ('Degas') to Auguste Renoir, 'Jeudi', [postmarked Paris, 12 December 1895]
In French. One page, 139 x 113mm, on a letter-card. Provenance: Sotheby's, 30 May 1979, lot 45.

Degas writes to Renoir: 'Thank you, my dear Renoir. I am free on Monday and you can let those young ladies know that they can count on their old friend'.

Je vous remercie, mon cher Renoir. Je suis libre lundi et vous pouvez prévenir ces demoiselles qu'elles peuvent compter sur leur vieil ami.

The handwriting reflects the decline in Degas's eyesight which plagued his later years. Reflecting on his old friend's argumentative nature, Renoir later wrote of Degas, 'What a creature he was, that Degas! All his friends had to leave him; I was one of the last to go, but even I couldn't stay friends until the end'.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
09.12.2023 12:00 – 17:00
10.12.2023 12:00 – 17:00
11.12.2023 09:00 – 20:00
12.12.2023 09:00 – 17:00
13.12.2023 09:00 – 17:00
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

More from Creator

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
£1 200 000
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
£350 000
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
$200 000
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
$380 000
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
$80 000
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
£85 000
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
£45 000
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
€100

Related terms

?>