ID 949912
Lot 122 | EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
Deux danseuses sur un banc
charcoal on tracing paper laid down on paper
31 1/2 x 41 3/4 in. (80 x 106 cm.)
Drawn circa 1900.
Provenance
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London.
Henry Moore, London.
Mary Moore, London (gift from the above, by 1976).
Jason McCoy, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, May 1990.
Literature
R. Thomson, Degas: The Nudes, London, 1988, p. 215, no. 216 (illustrated; dated circa 1900).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art; Kyoto City Art Museum and Fukuoka Art Museum, Degas, September 1976-January 1977, no. 77 (illustrated; dated 1896).
Kunsthalle Tübingen and Nationalgalerie Berlin, Edgar Degas, January-May 1984, no. 196 (illustrated; dated 1896).
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Degas, February 1988-January 1989, p. 590, no. 376 (illustrated; dated circa 1900).
London, The National Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, Degas: Beyond Impressionism, May 1996-January 1997, p. 299, no. 29 (illustrated in color, p. 208; dated circa 1900-1905).
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Post Lot Text
Theodore Reff has stated that, to his opinion, this work is by the hand of Edgar Degas.
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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