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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

Lot 394
30.06.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 150 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 990426
Lot 394 | EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

Le sanglier

oil on paper laid down on canvas

23 1/8 x 29 1/2 in. (58.7 x 75 cm.)

Painted circa 1864-1870





Provenance

René de Gas, Paris, by whom probably acquired from the artist; his Estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 November 1927, lot 95.

Ambroise Vollard, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.

Martin Fabiani, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 18 June 1937.

The Adams Gallery, London, by 1937.

Galerie Mouradian-Vallotton, Paris, by 1938.

The Adams Gallery, London, until at least 1952.

The Mayor Gallery, London.

Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1968.



Literature

The Illustrated London News, no. 5144, vol. 191, 20 November 1937, p. 888 (illustrated).

P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1946, no. 123, p. 60 (illustrated p. 61; with incorrect medium).

E. Newton 'Edgar Degas' in Apollo, vol. 57, iss. 340, London, 1 June 1953, fig. V, p. 205 (illustrated p. 204).

J.S Boggs, 'Degas Notebooks at the Bibliothèque Nationale II: Group B (1858-1861)', in The Burlington Magazine, June 1958, vol. 100, no. 663, p. 199.

T. Reff, 'Degas's Copies of Older Art', in Burlington Magazine, vol. 105, no. 723, June 1963, p. 242.

F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 54, p. 89 (illustrated p. 88; with incorrect medium).

H. Loyrette, Degas, Paris, 1991, p. 132.



Exhibited

London, The Adams Gallery, Degas, December 1937, no. 9 (illustrated).

Paris, Galerie Mouradian-Vallotton, Degas, March 1938, no. 12.

London, The Lefevre Gallery, Degas, May - June 1950, no. 4, p. 3 (incorrectly catalogued as 'signed').

Bern, Kunstmuseum, Degas, November 1951 - January 1952, no. 9.

London, Tate Gallery, Degas, September - October 1952, no. 7, p. 7, (illustrated pl. III; with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1952.



Post Lot Text

We are grateful to Professor Theodore Reff for his assistance in researching the present work.
Artist:Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Impressionism
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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