ID 1306109
Lot 21 | EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
Danseuse à mi-corps rajustant son épaulette
signed ‘Degas’ (upper left)
pastel on paper laid down on card
12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.2 x 25 cm.)
Executed circa 1896-1899
Provenance
Olivier Sainsère & Anne-Marie Henry Sainsère, Paris.
M. Delacroix.
Private collection, New York.
Wildenstein & Co., New York.
Fritz & Lucy Jewett, San Francisco, by whom acquired from the above on 2 November 1976, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. III, Peintures et pastels, Paris, 1946, no. 1272, p. 738 (illustrated p. 739; with incorrect dimensions).
J. Bouret, Degas, Paris, 1965, p. 268 (illustrated pl. 216).
Exhibited
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Degas, March - April 1937, no. 117, p. 121.
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel, Pastel on paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Cardboard, Plastic |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel, Pastel on paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Cardboard, Plastic |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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