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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FRITZ AND LUCY JEWETT
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Danseuse saluant
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Danseuse saluant
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas AA Hébrard Cire Perdue 31/I' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with light brown patina
Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Original wax model executed in 1885-1890; 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 saluant
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas AA Hébrard Cire Perdue 31/I' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with light brown patina
Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Original wax model executed in 1885-1890; 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
A.M. Hamilton, United Kingdom (by 1965); Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 4 July 1979, lot 69.
Galerie Schmit, Paris (by 1980).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, January 1985.
Galerie Schmit, Paris (by 1980).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, January 1985.
Literature
J. Rewald, ed., Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, no. XXXII (another cast illustrated, pl. 84).
C.W. Maillard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. xiii (another cast illustrated, pl. 48).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 102-103, no. XXXII (another cast and wax model illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas: The Sculptures, a Catalogue Raisonné" in Apollo, August 1995, p. 26, no. 31 (another cast illustrated).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2003, p. 183, no. 31 (another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D. Barbour and S. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, p. 313, no. 55 (another cast illustrated, pp. 309, 310 and 314; details illustrated, pp. 312 and 315-316).
C.W. Maillard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. xiii (another cast illustrated, pl. 48).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 102-103, no. XXXII (another cast and wax model illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas: The Sculptures, a Catalogue Raisonné" in Apollo, August 1995, p. 26, no. 31 (another cast illustrated).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2003, p. 183, no. 31 (another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D. Barbour and S. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, p. 313, no. 55 (another cast illustrated, pp. 309, 310 and 314; details illustrated, pp. 312 and 315-316).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Xe Biennale des antiquaires, September-October 1980, no. 67 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Regards sur une collection, May-July 1981, no. 114 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Lumières sur la peinture, May-July 1983, no. 137 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Regards sur une collection, May-July 1981, no. 114 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Lumières sur la peinture, May-July 1983, no. 137 (illustrated).
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