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Grande Arabesque, premier temps
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Grande Arabesque, premier temps
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 18/C A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base; Lugt 658)
bronze with brown patina
19½ in. (49 cm.)
Original wax model executed 1882-1895; this bronze version cast 1919-1921 in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Grande Arabesque, premier temps
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 18/C A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base; Lugt 658)
bronze with brown patina
19½ in. (49 cm.)
Original wax model executed 1882-1895; this bronze version cast 1919-1921 in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Provenance
Anon. sale, Trianon Palace, Paris, 30 November 1969.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 23, no. XXXV (original wax model and another cast illustrated, p. 86-87).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, London, 1957, p. 150 (another cast illustrated, pl. 37).
F. Russoli, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S5 (another cast illustrated, p. 140).
C. Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 87 (original wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 108-109, no. XXXV (original wax model and another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII (no. 42), August 1995, pp. 19-20, no. 18 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, London, 1957, p. 150 (another cast illustrated, pl. 37).
F. Russoli, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S5 (another cast illustrated, p. 140).
C. Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 87 (original wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 108-109, no. XXXV (original wax model and another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII (no. 42), August 1995, pp. 19-20, no. 18 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Pau, France, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Edgar Degas Sculpture, Summer 1988, no. 11 (illustrated).