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THE JOANNA CARSON COLLECTION: A LEGACY OF GLAMOUR AND GIVING, PROPERTY SOLD WITH THE INTENT TO BENEFIT VARIOUS CHARITIES
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Quatre danseuses à mi-corps
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Quatre danseuses à mi-corps
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on board
27 ½ x 28 3⁄8 in. (69.9 x 72.1 cm.)
Drawn in 1899
Quatre danseuses à mi-corps
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on board
27 ½ x 28 3⁄8 in. (69.9 x 72.1 cm.)
Drawn in 1899
Provenance
Estate of the artist; First sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 7 May 1918, lot 217.
Consortium Degas (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York; Durand-Ruel Galleries, Inc., New York; Ambroise Vollard, Paris and Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie.) (acquired at the above sale); sale, American Art Association, New York, 27 January 1921, lot 4.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale).
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Joshua and Nedda Harrigan Logan, New York (by November 1955 and until at least 1967).
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York and Masterarts Establishment, Vaduz (September 1970).
Michael F. Drinkhouse, New York (acquired from the above, January 1973); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 17 May 1978, lot 14.
Joanna and Johnny Carson, Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale).
The Joanna Carson Collection, Los Angeles, 1984.
Consortium Degas (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York; Durand-Ruel Galleries, Inc., New York; Ambroise Vollard, Paris and Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie.) (acquired at the above sale); sale, American Art Association, New York, 27 January 1921, lot 4.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale).
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Joshua and Nedda Harrigan Logan, New York (by November 1955 and until at least 1967).
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York and Masterarts Establishment, Vaduz (September 1970).
Michael F. Drinkhouse, New York (acquired from the above, January 1973); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 17 May 1978, lot 14.
Joanna and Johnny Carson, Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale).
The Joanna Carson Collection, Los Angeles, 1984.
Literature
C. Mauclair, Degas, Paris, 1937, p. 167 (illustrated, p. 132).
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, p. 792, no. 1354 (illustrated, p. 793).
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949 (illustrated, pl. 241; dated circa 1900-1912).
M.C. Lacoste, "The French Artist's Problems" in The New York Times, 6 November 1955, p. X19 (illustrated).
I. Moskowitz and A. Mongan, Great Drawings of All Time, New York, 1962, vol. III (illustrated in color, pl. 792 and on the cover; titled Studies of Ballet Dancers (Half-Length)).
The Art Quarterly, vol. 30, nos. 2-3, 1967 (illustrated, fig. 2).
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, p. 792, no. 1354 (illustrated, p. 793).
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949 (illustrated, pl. 241; dated circa 1900-1912).
M.C. Lacoste, "The French Artist's Problems" in The New York Times, 6 November 1955, p. X19 (illustrated).
I. Moskowitz and A. Mongan, Great Drawings of All Time, New York, 1962, vol. III (illustrated in color, pl. 792 and on the cover; titled Studies of Ballet Dancers (Half-Length)).
The Art Quarterly, vol. 30, nos. 2-3, 1967 (illustrated, fig. 2).
Exhibited
New York, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, Renoir, Degas: A Loan Exhibition of Drawings, Pastels, Sculptures, November-December 1958, no. 28 (illustrated, pl. XXII; dated circa 1900-1912 and titled Four Dancers Rehearsing).
Saint Louis, City Art Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Minneapolis Society of Fine Art, Drawings by Degas, January-June 1967, p. 222, no. 150 (illustrated, p. 223).
Saint Louis, City Art Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Minneapolis Society of Fine Art, Drawings by Degas, January-June 1967, p. 222, no. 150 (illustrated, p. 223).
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Jakob Angner
Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale