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Property of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University Sold to Benefit a Scholarship Fund*
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Femme enceinte
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Femme enceinte
stamped with signature 'Degas' (on the top of the base), numbered and stamped with foundry mark '24/C AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 17 in. (43.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in 1919-1921 in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Femme enceinte
stamped with signature 'Degas' (on the top of the base), numbered and stamped with foundry mark '24/C AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 17 in. (43.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in 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
Nelly Hébrard, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1956).
Julia Wasserman, New York.
Gift from the above to the present owner.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1956).
Julia Wasserman, New York.
Gift from the above to the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 27, no. LXIII (another cast illustrated, p. 128).
F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 144, no. S57 (another cast illustrated; titled Donna incinta, con le mani al ventre).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. xix, fig. 127, (wax version illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Rasionné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 164-165, no. LXIII (another cast and wax version illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 22, no. 24 (another cast illustrated).
F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 144, no. S57 (another cast illustrated; titled Donna incinta, con le mani al ventre).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. xix, fig. 127, (wax version illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Rasionné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 164-165, no. LXIII (another cast and wax version illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 22, no. 24 (another cast illustrated).
Further details
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the back of the catalogue.