ID 1306023
Lot 124 | EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Danseuse (préparation en dedans)
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left); inscribed 'Préparation en dedans, fausse position.' (upper right); with the atelier stamp (Lugt 657; on the reverse)
charcoal and estompe on paper
13 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (33.2 x 22.5 cm.)
Provenance
The artist's estate; third sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 7 April 1919, lot 102.
Ernest Rouart, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin.
Private collection, Germany, by whom probably acquired from the above, by 1933, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 22 June 2006, lot 404.
Stephen Ongpin, London, until at least 2008.
Trinity House Paintings, London, by 2011.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above, in January 2015.
Exhibited
Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Degas: Master of French Art, December 2008 - March 2009, no. 59, pp. 132 & 138 (illustrated p. 138).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement, September - December 2011, no. 54, pp. 138-139 (illustrated p. 139).
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Charcoal |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Charcoal |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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