ID 990368
Lot 390 | EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
Femme nue s'essuyant
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower right)
pastel and charcoal on coloured squared paper laid down on canvas
19 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (49.5 x 32 cm.)
Executed in 1895
Provenance
The artist's estate; third sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 9 April 1919, lot 74.
M. Aubert, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Dr Georges Viau, Paris.
Arnold S. Askin, New York.
Eugene V. Thaw, New York.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 4 November 2010, lot 130.
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. 1180, p. 684 (illustrated p. 685; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
(Possibly) Washington D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Five Years: The Friends of the Corcoran, The Contemporary Spirit, October 1966, no. 7.
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) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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