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Tête, étude pour le portrait de Mme. Salle
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Tête, étude pour le portrait de Mme. Salle
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'DEGAS A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 7 T' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 5 ½ in. (13.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1892; this bronze version cast at a later date 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
Tête, étude pour le portrait de Mme. Salle
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'DEGAS A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 7 T' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 5 ½ in. (13.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1892; this bronze version cast at a later date 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
World House Galleries, New York.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1962, lot 158.
O' Hana Gallery, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Donald & Jean Stralem, by 1963; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 30 September 1999, lot 7.
Acquired by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1962, lot 158.
O' Hana Gallery, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Donald & Jean Stralem, by 1963; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 30 September 1999, lot 7.
Acquired by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, no. XXXI, p. 23 (another cast illustrated p. 83).
F. Russoli, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S69, p. 144 (another cast illustrated p. 145).
C.W. Millard, The Sculptures of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 115, p. XVIII (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XXXI, p. 100 (another cast illustrated; original clay model illustrated p. 101).
S. Campbell, 'Degas: The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné' in Apollo, August 1995, no. 7, p. 14 (another cast illustrated).
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2003, no. 7, p. 135 (another cast illustrated pp. 134-135).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D. Barbour & S. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Nineteenth-century Art, vol. II, Pasadena, 2009, no. 101, p. 485 (details illustrated; original clay model illustrated p. 486; another cast illustrated, p. 487).
F. Russoli, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S69, p. 144 (another cast illustrated p. 145).
C.W. Millard, The Sculptures of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 115, p. XVIII (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XXXI, p. 100 (another cast illustrated; original clay model illustrated p. 101).
S. Campbell, 'Degas: The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné' in Apollo, August 1995, no. 7, p. 14 (another cast illustrated).
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2003, no. 7, p. 135 (another cast illustrated pp. 134-135).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D. Barbour & S. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Nineteenth-century Art, vol. II, Pasadena, 2009, no. 101, p. 485 (details illustrated; original clay model illustrated p. 486; another cast illustrated, p. 487).
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