EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
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ID 1548937
Lot 24 | EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Estimate value
1500000GBP £ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
Femme sortant du bain
pastel on paper mounted on board
29 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (74 x 76.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1887-1890
Provenance
Galleries Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris by whom acquired directly from the artist on 22 February 1913.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, transferred from the above in December 1917.
Joseph F. Flanagan, Boston, by whom acquired from the above on 26 January 1918; sale, American Art Association, New York, 13 January 1920, lot 57.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York & M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by whom jointly acquired at the above sale.
Durand-Ruel collection, Paris, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. III, Peintures et pastels, 1883-1908, Paris, 1947, no. 925, p. 538 (illustrated p. 539).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 942, p. 129 (illustrated p. 128).
Exhibited
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings and Pastels by Degas, January 1901, no. 9.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Edgar Degas, March 1922, no. 14.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Edgar Degas, January - February 1928, no. 25.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings and Gouaches by Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro, January 1932, no. 8.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Pastels and Gouaches by Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Cassatt, April - May 1935, no. 4.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Boudin to Cezanne, December 1938, no. 8.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Pastels by Degas, March 1943, no. 9.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Nudes by Degas and Renoir, April - May 1945, no. 2.
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel, Pastel on paper |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel, Pastel on paper |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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