Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Position de quatrième devant sur la jambe gauche
stamped with signature Degas (Lugt 658) and stamped and numbered on the top of the base Degas A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE--bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 23 in. (58.5 cm.)
Original wax version executed 1892-1895; bronze version cast 1919-1921 in an edition of 22 lettered from A to T plus two additional casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard.
Position de quatrième devant sur la jambe gauche
stamped with signature Degas (Lugt 658) and stamped and numbered on the top of the base Degas A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE--bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 23 in. (58.5 cm.)
Original wax version executed 1892-1895; bronze version cast 1919-1921 in an edition of 22 lettered from A to T plus two additional casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard.
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery Ltd., London
Acquired from the above November, 1951
Acquired from the above November, 1951
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, New York, 1944,
pp. 24 and 98, no. XLIII (another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, L'Oeuvre Sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. XLIII, p. 152 (another cast illustrated, pls. 32, 43 and 44) D. Rodgers, My Favorite Things, New York, 1967 (illustrated in color on the dust jacket and frontispiece)
F. Russoli, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 141, no. S10 (another cast illustrated)
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976,
pl. 89 (original wax model illustrated)
ed. G. Mazzota, Degas Scultore, Milan, 1986, p. 203, no. 58
(another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, San Francisco, 1990, p. 125, no. XLIII (another cast illustrated)
pp. 24 and 98, no. XLIII (another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, L'Oeuvre Sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. XLIII, p. 152 (another cast illustrated, pls. 32, 43 and 44) D. Rodgers, My Favorite Things, New York, 1967 (illustrated in color on the dust jacket and frontispiece)
F. Russoli, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 141, no. S10 (another cast illustrated)
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976,
pl. 89 (original wax model illustrated)
ed. G. Mazzota, Degas Scultore, Milan, 1986, p. 203, no. 58
(another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, San Francisco, 1990, p. 125, no. XLIII (another cast illustrated)
Exhibited
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, The Music Makers, July-Aug., 1959, p. 6, no. 5