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Préparation à la danse, le pied droit en avant
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Préparation à la danse, le pied droit en avant
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658), numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '57/C Cire Perdue A.A.Hébrard' (on the edge of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm.)
Original wax model executed 1882-1895; this bronze version cast between 1919-1921 and later in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Préparation à la danse, le pied droit en avant
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658), numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '57/C Cire Perdue A.A.Hébrard' (on the edge of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm.)
Original wax model executed 1882-1895; this bronze version cast between 1919-1921 and later in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Provenance
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner circa 1950.
Literature
G. Janneau, 'Les Sculptures de Degas', in La Renaissance de l'Art français, Paris, July 1921, p. 353 (another cast illustrated).
P. Vitry, Catalogue des sculptures du moyen-age, de la renaissance et des temps modernes, Paris, 1933, no. 1753 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, pp. 25 and 103, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated pp. 130-131).
P. Borel, Les sculptures inédites de Degas, Geneva, 1949 (original wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald & L. von Matt, Degas: Sculptures - The Complete Works, New York, 1956, p. 151, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated pl. 34).
F. Russoli, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S36 (another cast illustrated p. 142).
C. Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 51 (original wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated p. 130).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue raisonné', in Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 57 (another cast illustrated p. 38).
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné of the bronzes, Milan, 2002, no. 57 (another cast illustrated in colour p. 233).
P. Vitry, Catalogue des sculptures du moyen-age, de la renaissance et des temps modernes, Paris, 1933, no. 1753 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, pp. 25 and 103, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated pp. 130-131).
P. Borel, Les sculptures inédites de Degas, Geneva, 1949 (original wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald & L. von Matt, Degas: Sculptures - The Complete Works, New York, 1956, p. 151, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated pl. 34).
F. Russoli, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S36 (another cast illustrated p. 142).
C. Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 51 (original wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated p. 130).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue raisonné', in Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 57 (another cast illustrated p. 38).
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné of the bronzes, Milan, 2002, no. 57 (another cast illustrated in colour p. 233).
Exhibited
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Impressionnisme dans les collections romandes, June - October 1984, no. 38 (another cast illustrated in colour p. 50 and p. 152).
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