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La danse espagnole
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
La danse espagnole
stamped with signature and foundry mark 'Degas A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base); and numbered '45/E' on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 17¼ in. (43.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895 and cast in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard, marked HER and HER.D respectively
La danse espagnole
stamped with signature and foundry mark 'Degas A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base); and numbered '45/E' on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 17¼ in. (43.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895 and cast in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard, marked HER and HER.D respectively
Provenance
Galerie René Drouet, Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Neison Harris, Chicago (acquired from the above, 3 July 1971).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Mr. and Mrs. Neison Harris, Chicago (acquired from the above, 3 July 1971).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 25, no. XLVII (original plaster cast and another bronze version illustrated, pp. 104-105).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, London, 1957, pls. 46-50, no. XLVII (other casts illustrated).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 141. no. S17 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pl. 69 (original wax model illustrated).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII, August 1995, pp. 32-33, no. 45 (another cast illustrated, fig. 43).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, ed., Degas Sculptures, Iowa City, 2002, p. 209, no. 45 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 208-209).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, London, 1957, pls. 46-50, no. XLVII (other casts illustrated).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 141. no. S17 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pl. 69 (original wax model illustrated).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII, August 1995, pp. 32-33, no. 45 (another cast illustrated, fig. 43).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, ed., Degas Sculptures, Iowa City, 2002, p. 209, no. 45 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 208-209).
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