Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, le bras gauche en avant
stamped with signature and foundry mark and numbered on the top of the base 'Degas [Lugt 658] A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE HER.1/D'--bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 11½in. (29.2cm.)
Original wax version executed 1882-1885; this bronze version cast 1919-1921, letter D in an edition of 20 with two additional casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, le bras gauche en avant
stamped with signature and foundry mark and numbered on the top of the base 'Degas [Lugt 658] A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE HER.1/D'--bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 11½in. (29.2cm.)
Original wax version executed 1882-1885; this bronze version cast 1919-1921, letter D in an edition of 20 with two additional casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Provenance
Mme Pierre Schlumberger, Paris
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture, London, 1944, no. XXXVIII (wax version illustrated, p. 23; another cast illustrated, p. 93)
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, L'oeuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, pp. 151-152, no. XXXVIII (another cast illustrated, fig. 15)
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S2 (another cast illustrated, p. 140)
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, New Jersey, 1976, pl. 46 (wax version illustrated, p. 24)
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, San Francisco, 1990,
no. XXXVIII (wax version illustrated, p. 114; another cast illustrated, p. 115)
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, Aug., 1995, no. 1 (another cast illustrated, p. 11)
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, L'oeuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, pp. 151-152, no. XXXVIII (another cast illustrated, fig. 15)
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S2 (another cast illustrated, p. 140)
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, New Jersey, 1976, pl. 46 (wax version illustrated, p. 24)
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, San Francisco, 1990,
no. XXXVIII (wax version illustrated, p. 114; another cast illustrated, p. 115)
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, Aug., 1995, no. 1 (another cast illustrated, p. 11)