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Property from a Japanese Private Collector
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Femme nue assise, s'essuyant les cheveux
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Femme nue assise, s'essuyant les cheveux
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on board
25 1⁄8 x 27 5⁄8 in. (63.7 x 70.1 cm.)
Drawn circa 1902
Femme nue assise, s'essuyant les cheveux
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on board
25 1⁄8 x 27 5⁄8 in. (63.7 x 70.1 cm.)
Drawn circa 1902
Provenance
Estate of the artist; Second sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11 December 1918, lot 66.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (transferred from the above, 1920).
H.O. Hughes, United States (acquired from the above, 23 September 1920).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 14 February 1921).
Leo Simon, New York (acquired from the above, 18 April 1945).
Brooklyn Museum, New York (gift from the above, 1954); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 2020, lot 122.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (transferred from the above, 1920).
H.O. Hughes, United States (acquired from the above, 23 September 1920).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 14 February 1921).
Leo Simon, New York (acquired from the above, 18 April 1945).
Brooklyn Museum, New York (gift from the above, 1954); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 2020, lot 122.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, p. 813, no. 1413 (illustrated).
R. Rosenblum, "Varieties of Impressionism" in Art Digest, vol. 29, no. 1, 1 October 1954, p. 7 (illustrated; titled Nude).
F. Russoli, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 133, no. 1047 (illustrated).
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, New York, 1984, vol. III, pp. 812-813, no. 1413 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
E. Camesasca and G. Cortenova, eds., Degas, exh. cat., Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1986, p. 195, fig. 44.B (illustrated).
L. Kramer, K. Zieve and S. Faunce, French Nineteenth-Century Drawings and Watercolors at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1993, pp. 55 and 57, no. 36 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
R. Rosenblum, "Varieties of Impressionism" in Art Digest, vol. 29, no. 1, 1 October 1954, p. 7 (illustrated; titled Nude).
F. Russoli, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 133, no. 1047 (illustrated).
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, New York, 1984, vol. III, pp. 812-813, no. 1413 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
E. Camesasca and G. Cortenova, eds., Degas, exh. cat., Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1986, p. 195, fig. 44.B (illustrated).
L. Kramer, K. Zieve and S. Faunce, French Nineteenth-Century Drawings and Watercolors at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1993, pp. 55 and 57, no. 36 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
Exhibited
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Pastels and Drawings by Degas, March 1920, no. 6.
New York, Brooklyn Museum, French Impressionists from the Museum's Collection, October 1954-January 1955 (titled Drying Her Hair after the Bath).
New York, Brooklyn Museum, Nineteenth-Century French Drawings and Watercolors at The Brooklyn Museum, December 1988-February 1989 (titled Bather).
Koriyama City Museum of Art; Ashaikawa Museum of Art; Sapporo, Museum of Contemporary Art; Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Art Museum; Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art; Utsunomiya Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimaru Museum of Art and Takamatsu City Museum of Art, French and American Impressionist Works from the Collection of the Brooklyn Museum, April 2000-May 2001, no. 62.
Seoul Art Center and Busan Museum, French and American Impressionists in the Brooklyn Museum, June 2006-January 2007, no. 21 (illustrated).
New York, Brooklyn Museum, Four Bathers by Degas and Bonnard, April-August 2011.
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Edgar Degas: The Late Work, September 2012-January 2013, pp. 125 and 259 (illustrated).
New York, Brooklyn Museum, French Impressionists from the Museum's Collection, October 1954-January 1955 (titled Drying Her Hair after the Bath).
New York, Brooklyn Museum, Nineteenth-Century French Drawings and Watercolors at The Brooklyn Museum, December 1988-February 1989 (titled Bather).
Koriyama City Museum of Art; Ashaikawa Museum of Art; Sapporo, Museum of Contemporary Art; Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Art Museum; Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art; Utsunomiya Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimaru Museum of Art and Takamatsu City Museum of Art, French and American Impressionist Works from the Collection of the Brooklyn Museum, April 2000-May 2001, no. 62.
Seoul Art Center and Busan Museum, French and American Impressionists in the Brooklyn Museum, June 2006-January 2007, no. 21 (illustrated).
New York, Brooklyn Museum, Four Bathers by Degas and Bonnard, April-August 2011.
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Edgar Degas: The Late Work, September 2012-January 2013, pp. 125 and 259 (illustrated).
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Jakob Angner
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