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The Property of YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Grande arabesque, deuxième temps
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark on the base Degas (Lugt. 658) 15/D A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE--bronze with brown patina
Height: 17 in. (43 cm.) Length: 23 in. (58.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1890 and cast circa 1919in an edition of 20 casts lettered A to T with two casts reserved for the artist's heirs and founder.
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Grande arabesque, deuxième temps
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark on the base Degas (Lugt. 658) 15/D A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE--bronze with brown patina
Height: 17 in. (43 cm.) Length: 23 in. (58.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1890 and cast circa 1919in an edition of 20 casts lettered A to T with two casts reserved for the artist's heirs and founder.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, London, 1944, p. 23, no. XXXVI (another cast illustrated, pp. 88 and 89)
F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 140, pl. 56 (another cast illustrated)
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pl. 90 (another cast illustrated)
ed. S. Salvi, Degas Scultore, Milan, 1986, p. 185, no. 23 (another cast illustrated, p. 122)
R. Thomson, The Private Degas, London, 1987, p. 131, no. 178 (illustrated)
F. Horuat and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 155, no. 6, pls. 72 and 73 (another cast illustrated)
F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 140, pl. 56 (another cast illustrated)
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pl. 90 (another cast illustrated)
ed. S. Salvi, Degas Scultore, Milan, 1986, p. 185, no. 23 (another cast illustrated, p. 122)
R. Thomson, The Private Degas, London, 1987, p. 131, no. 178 (illustrated)
F. Horuat and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 155, no. 6, pls. 72 and 73 (another cast illustrated)
Exhibited
Manchester, City Art Gallery, no. 943
London, The Lefevre Gallery, The Complete Sculptures of Degas, Nov.-Dec., 1976, no. 6, p. 9 (illustrated, p. 25)
London, The Lefevre Gallery, The Complete Sculptures of Degas, Nov.-Dec., 1976, no. 6, p. 9 (illustrated, p. 25)