ID 792289
Lot 53 | EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 900 000
Femme s'essuyant les cheveux
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left); stamped 'ATÉLIER ED. DEGAS' (Lugt 657; on the reverse)
pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on card
27 3⁄8 x 22 1⁄4 in. (69.6 x 56.6 cm.)
Executed in 1885
Provenance
The artist's estate; Second sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11-13 December 1918, lot 62.
Pellé-Jaudé, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Dr Charpentier, Paris, by 1934, until at least 1936.
Private Collection.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, by whom acquired on 31 March 1998.
Lord & Lady Ridley-Tree, Santa Barbara, by whom acquired from the above on 2 April 1998; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 2008, lot 16.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. III, Peintures et pastels, 1883-1908, Paris, 1947, no. 815bis, p. 466 (illustrated p. 467; with incorrect dimensions).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 913, p. 127 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
Exh. cat., De Manet à Picasso: Trésors du musée d'art de Sao Paulo, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 1988, p. 63 (illustrated; titled 'Après le bain').
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Quelques oeuvres importantes de Corot à van Gogh, May - June 1934, no. 12, n.p. (dated '1895').
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Peintures du XXe siècle, March - April 1936, no. 15, p.13 (illustrated p.10; titled 'Baigneuse').
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| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel, Pastel on paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel, Pastel on paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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