VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Grande arabesque, troisième temps
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Grande arabesque, troisième temps
stamped with signature and foundry mark and numbered on the base 'Degas (Lugt 658) A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE 16/Q'
bronze with brown patina
Height: 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm.)
Length: 24¾ in. (62.8 cm.)
Original wax model executed in 1882-1885; this bronze version cast in 1919-1921 in an addition of twenty numbered from A-T, plus two casts marked HER and HERD
Grande arabesque, troisième temps
stamped with signature and foundry mark and numbered on the base 'Degas (Lugt 658) A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE 16/Q'
bronze with brown patina
Height: 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm.)
Length: 24¾ in. (62.8 cm.)
Original wax model executed in 1882-1885; this bronze version cast in 1919-1921 in an addition of twenty numbered from A-T, plus two casts marked HER and HERD
Provenance
Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris
Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London (1951)
Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London (1951)
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 24, no. XL (another cast illustrated, p. 95)
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, no. 155 (another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, L'Oeuvre Sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. XL, p. 151 (another cast illustrated, pl. 33)
P. Cabanne, Edgar Degas, Paris, 1959, p. 61 (another cast illustrated, pl. IX)
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 140, no. S8 (another cast illustrated)
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 91 (another cast illustrated)
R. Gordon and A. Forge, Degas, New York, 1988, p. 208 (another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 118-119, no. XL (original wax model illustrated, p. 118; another cast illustrated, p. 119)
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, pp. 68-71 and pp. 155-156, no. 7 (another cast illustrated)
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, London, vol. CXLII, Aug., 1995, pp. 18-19 (another cast illustrated, p. 18, fig. 16)
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, no. 155 (another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, L'Oeuvre Sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. XL, p. 151 (another cast illustrated, pl. 33)
P. Cabanne, Edgar Degas, Paris, 1959, p. 61 (another cast illustrated, pl. IX)
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 140, no. S8 (another cast illustrated)
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 91 (another cast illustrated)
R. Gordon and A. Forge, Degas, New York, 1988, p. 208 (another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 118-119, no. XL (original wax model illustrated, p. 118; another cast illustrated, p. 119)
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, pp. 68-71 and pp. 155-156, no. 7 (another cast illustrated)
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, London, vol. CXLII, Aug., 1995, pp. 18-19 (another cast illustrated, p. 18, fig. 16)