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Property from a Prestigious Private Collection
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
La Coiffure (La Toilette)
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
La Coiffure (La Toilette)
signed 'Degas' (lower left)
pastel on joined tracing paper laid down on card laid down on board
21 ¾ x 22 ¼ in. (55.2 x 56.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1892-1895
La Coiffure (La Toilette)
signed 'Degas' (lower left)
pastel on joined tracing paper laid down on card laid down on board
21 ¾ x 22 ¼ in. (55.2 x 56.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1892-1895
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 5 October 1899).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 1900).
Henry Ruben Ickelheimer, New York (acquired from the above, 29 January 1931).
Philip Henry Isles, New York (by descent from the above, circa 1940).
Elene Canrobert Isles de Saint Phalle, New York (by descent from the above, circa 1960); Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 11 November 2021, lot 35C.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 5 October 1899).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 1900).
Henry Ruben Ickelheimer, New York (acquired from the above, 29 January 1931).
Philip Henry Isles, New York (by descent from the above, circa 1940).
Elene Canrobert Isles de Saint Phalle, New York (by descent from the above, circa 1960); Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 11 November 2021, lot 35C.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C.O. Lublin, “Arts and Decoration” in Town and Country, vol. 70, 10 April 1915, p. 31 (illustrated).
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, p. 654, no. 1129 (illustrated, p. 655).
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, p. 654, no. 1129 (illustrated, p. 655).
Exhibited
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Edgar Degas, 1901.
Boston, St. Botolph Club, Impressionist Paintings, January 1913, no. 1.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Loan Exhibition of Masterpieces by Old and Modern Painters, April 1915, p. 20, no. 28.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas, April 1916, no. 19.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings and Pastels by Degas, January 1918, no. 8.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings and Pastels by Degas, March 1922, no. 18.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Degas, January-February 1928, no. 24 (dated 1890).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition: Paintings from Private Collections, summer 1967, p. 4, no. 36.
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Edgar Degas: For the Benefit of the Lenox Hill Hospital New York, November-December 1978, no. 49 (illustrated in color).
London, The National Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, Degas: Beyond Impressionism, May 1996-January 1997, p. 300, no. 41 (illustrated in color, p. 224).
Boston, St. Botolph Club, Impressionist Paintings, January 1913, no. 1.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Loan Exhibition of Masterpieces by Old and Modern Painters, April 1915, p. 20, no. 28.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas, April 1916, no. 19.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings and Pastels by Degas, January 1918, no. 8.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings and Pastels by Degas, March 1922, no. 18.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Degas, January-February 1928, no. 24 (dated 1890).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition: Paintings from Private Collections, summer 1967, p. 4, no. 36.
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Edgar Degas: For the Benefit of the Lenox Hill Hospital New York, November-December 1978, no. 49 (illustrated in color).
London, The National Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, Degas: Beyond Impressionism, May 1996-January 1997, p. 300, no. 41 (illustrated in color, p. 224).
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Imogen Kerr
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale