Lot Essay
This is one of several small landscapes in oil on paper or cardboard that Degas painted on his first trip to Italy in 1856-1859.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Paysage, effet du soir
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Paysage, effet du soir
oil on paper laid down on canvas
7½ x 12¼ in. (19.1 x 31 cm.)
Painted circa 1857-1858
Paysage, effet du soir
oil on paper laid down on canvas
7½ x 12¼ in. (19.1 x 31 cm.)
Painted circa 1857-1858
Provenance
Jeanne Fèvre, Nice; sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 12 June 1934, lot 122.
Anon. sale, Salons du Trianon-Palace, Versailles, 13 March 1963, lot 48.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Anon. sale, Salons du Trianon-Palace, Versailles, 13 March 1963, lot 48.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
P. Brame and T. Reff, Degas et son oeuvre, New York, 1984, p. 24, no. 22 (illustrated, p. 25).