Lot 143
143
Property from the Collection of MRS. HOPE PREMINGER
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Femme nue assise, se coiffant

Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Femme nue assise, se coiffant
stamped with signature lower left 'Degas' (Lugt 658)--stamped on the backboard 'ATELIER ED. DEGAS' (Lugt 657)
charcoal and green chalk on paper laid down by the artist on board
43¼ x 38 1/8in. (109.8 x 97cm.)
Provenance
Atelier Degas, Third Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 7-9, 1919, lot 314 (illustrated, p. 226)
Galerien Flechtheim, Berlin and Düsseldorf
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London (acquired by Otto Preminger, 1959)

Lot Essay

This drawing is related to the pastel Femme assise, se coiffant (P. A. Lemoisne, no. 931), as well as another pastel and charcoal study (no. 936) and two reworked counterproofs (nos. 935 bis and ter), all executed around 1887-1890. In the pastel version the figure is seen slightly more from the side, and she sits with her legs crossed at the knee.