Property from the
JULES MASTBAUM FAMILY COLLECTION
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit
stamped with signature and foundry mark and numbered on the top of the base 'Degas [Lugt 658] A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE 59/B'--bronze with brown patina
Height: 18½in. (47cm.)
Original wax version executed 1896-1911; this bronze version cast 1919-1921, letter B in an edition of 20 with two additional casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit
stamped with signature and foundry mark and numbered on the top of the base 'Degas [Lugt 658] A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE 59/B'--bronze with brown patina
Height: 18½in. (47cm.)
Original wax version executed 1896-1911; this bronze version cast 1919-1921, letter B in an edition of 20 with two additional casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Provenance
Halvorsen
Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York
Ferargil Galleries, New York (acquired by Jules Mastbaum, 1925)
Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York
Ferargil Galleries, New York (acquired by Jules Mastbaum, 1925)
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture, London, 1944, no. LXI (another cast illustrated, p. 127)
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, no. S32 (another cast illustrated, p. 142)
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, San Francisco, 1990, no. LXI (another cast illustrated, pp. 160-161)
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Sculptures," Apollo,
vol. CXLII, no. 402, Aug., 1995, no. 59 (another cast illustrated,
p. 40)
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, no. S32 (another cast illustrated, p. 142)
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, San Francisco, 1990, no. LXI (another cast illustrated, pp. 160-161)
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Sculptures," Apollo,
vol. CXLII, no. 402, Aug., 1995, no. 59 (another cast illustrated,
p. 40)