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Amazone
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Amazone
stamped with the signature Degas (Lugt 658; lower left); with the atelier stamp (Lugt 657; upper right)
pencil on paper
21 x 35,1 cm. (8 ¼ x 13 ¾ in.)
Amazone
stamped with the signature Degas (Lugt 658; lower left); with the atelier stamp (Lugt 657; upper right)
pencil on paper
21 x 35,1 cm. (8 ¼ x 13 ¾ in.)
Provenance
The artist's estate; fourth sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4 July 1919, lot 235a.
Nunès et Fiquet, Paris; acquired at the above sale.
Probably Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (no. 742); by 1927.
Robert von Hirsch (1883-1977), Basel; his posthumous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 27 June 1978, lot 817.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Nunès et Fiquet, Paris; acquired at the above sale.
Probably Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (no. 742); by 1927.
Robert von Hirsch (1883-1977), Basel; his posthumous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 27 June 1978, lot 817.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
J.S. Boggs, Degas at the Races, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, fig. 43, p. 69. (ill.; titled 'Galloping Horse with Woman Rider' and dated '1867-1868').
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Aus der Werkstatt des Künstlers – Druckgraphik und vorbereitende Zeichnungen der Sammlung Hegewisch, March 1999 - October 2000, pp. 25 (ill.) & 90 (dated '1867-1868').
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Von Delacroix bis Cézanne - Französische Zeichnungen des 19. Jahrhunderts - Werke aus der Sammlung Hegewisch und dem Kupferstichkabinett, November 2004 - February 2005 (no cat.).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Degas: Intimität und Pose, February - May 2009, no. 128, p. 282 (ill.; dated '1867-1868').
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Von Delacroix bis Cézanne - Französische Zeichnungen des 19. Jahrhunderts - Werke aus der Sammlung Hegewisch und dem Kupferstichkabinett, November 2004 - February 2005 (no cat.).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Degas: Intimität und Pose, February - May 2009, no. 128, p. 282 (ill.; dated '1867-1868').
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