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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

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£ 3 000 000
Auction dateClassic
28.02.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 907994
Lot 29 | EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

Trois Danseuses

signed 'Degas' (lower right)

pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on board

31 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (80 x 51.3 cm.)

Executed circa 1880





Provenance

Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris.

Harris Whittemore, Connecticut, by whom acquired from the above in 1925; his estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 May 1948, lot 176.

Georges Wildenstein, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.

Florence J. Gould, Cannes, by whom acquired from the above in 1964; her estate sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 21 February 1985, lot 30.

Private collection.



Literature

P. A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1946, no. 602, p. 342 (illustrated p. 343).

L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, p. 383, (illustrated pl. 137; titled ‘Trois Danseuses en Corselets, Debout’; dated 'circa 1884-1886').

F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L’opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 767, p. 121 (illustrated).

I. Dunlop, Degas, London, 1979, no. 121, p. 7 (illustrated p. 135).

R. Kendall, Degas and the Little Dancer, exh. cat., Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska, 1998, fig. 3, p. 11 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Connecticut, The Tuttle House, Exhibition of Paintings, April 1938, no. 6, p. 2.

Connecticut, Mattatuck Historical Society, on loan, 1941.

Washington, National Gallery of Art, on loan, 1944 - 1945.

New York, Wildenstein & Co., A Loan Exhibition of Degas, April - May 1949, no. 53, p. 57 (illustrated p. 33).



Special Notice


This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)
Applied technique:Charcoal, Pastel, Painted
Medium:Board, Wood
Art style:Impressionism, Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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