Danseuse au tambourin
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse au tambourin
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 12/C CIRE PERDUE A.A HEBRARD' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11 in. (27.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in an edition numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER respectively
Danseuse au tambourin
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 12/C CIRE PERDUE A.A HEBRARD' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11 in. (27.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in an edition numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER respectively
Provenance
Sidney E. Cohn, New York; Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1994, lot 152.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, Degas: Sculpture, New York, 1956, p. 148, no. XXXIV (another cast illustrated, p. 149, fig. 13).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 141, no. S20 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. 24.
M. Guillaud, ed., Degas: Form and Space, Paris, 1984, p. 196, no. 70 (another cast illustrated, fig. 195).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 106-107, no. XXXIV (another cast and wax version illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas: The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, pp. 16-17 (another cast illustrated, p. 16).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, pp. 144-145, no. 12 (wax version and another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, pp. 301-304 and 511, no. 52 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 303-304).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 141, no. S20 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. 24.
M. Guillaud, ed., Degas: Form and Space, Paris, 1984, p. 196, no. 70 (another cast illustrated, fig. 195).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 106-107, no. XXXIV (another cast and wax version illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas: The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, pp. 16-17 (another cast illustrated, p. 16).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, pp. 144-145, no. 12 (wax version and another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, pp. 301-304 and 511, no. 52 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 303-304).
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