EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Femme à sa toilette
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Femme à sa toilette
stamped with signature ‘Degas’ (Lugt 658; lower left); indistinctly stamped ‘Atelier Edgar Degas’ (Lugt 657; on the reverse)
pastel on joined paper laid down on board
16 ¹/₄ x 12 ⁵/₈ in. (41.3 x 32 cm.)
Executed circa 1897
Femme à sa toilette
stamped with signature ‘Degas’ (Lugt 658; lower left); indistinctly stamped ‘Atelier Edgar Degas’ (Lugt 657; on the reverse)
pastel on joined paper laid down on board
16 ¹/₄ x 12 ⁵/₈ in. (41.3 x 32 cm.)
Executed circa 1897
Provenance
Estate of the artist; sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2e Vente d'Atelier Edgar Degas, 11-13 December 1918, lot 79.
Nunès & Fiquet Collection, Paris.
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1965, lot 142.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired at the above sale).
Henry Schaefer, Zurich (acquired from the above in June 1966, and until at least 1995).
Simon Dickinson Ltd., London.
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 19 June 2018, lot 36.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Nunès & Fiquet Collection, Paris.
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1965, lot 142.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired at the above sale).
Henry Schaefer, Zurich (acquired from the above in June 1966, and until at least 1995).
Simon Dickinson Ltd., London.
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 19 June 2018, lot 36.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, no. 1286, illustrated p. 747.
Exhibition
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Autour de l'Impressionnisme, 1966, no. 9 (illustrated in color).
London, Royal Academy of Arts; Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art and Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Art Museum, From Manet to Gauguin, Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections, June 1995-January 1996, no. 13 (illustrated in color; dated from 1885-90).
London, Royal Academy of Arts; Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art and Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Art Museum, From Manet to Gauguin, Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections, June 1995-January 1996, no. 13 (illustrated in color; dated from 1885-90).
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