Lot Essay
Robert Schmidt will include this painting in the third supplement of the Boudin catalogue raisonn.
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Danseuse se frottant le genou
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Degas, E.
Danseuse se frottant le genou
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 39/E A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.)
conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in 1919-1923 in an edition of 22, with 20 casts lettered A through T plus one cast marked HER.D for the Degas heirs and one cast marked HER for the founder Hbrard.
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 in. (31.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in 1919-1923 in an edition of 22, with 20 casts lettered A through T plus one cast marked HER.D for the Degas heirs and one cast marked HER for the founder Hbrard
Degas, E.
Danseuse se frottant le genou
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 39/E A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.)
conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in 1919-1923 in an edition of 22, with 20 casts lettered A through T plus one cast marked HER.D for the Degas heirs and one cast marked HER for the founder Hbrard.
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 in. (31.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in 1919-1923 in an edition of 22, with 20 casts lettered A through T plus one cast marked HER.D for the Degas heirs and one cast marked HER for the founder Hbrard
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, London, 1944, no. XLVIII (another cast illustrated, pp. 106 and 107).
P. Borel, Les sculptures indites de Degas, Geneva, 1949, pls. 16 and 17 (another cast illustrated).
F. Russoli and F. Minervo, L'opera completa de Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 142, no. S27 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, figs. 76 and 80 (other casts illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonn, San Francisco, 1990, no. XLVIII (other casts illustrated, pp. 134 and 135). A. Pingeot and F. Horvat, Degas Sculpture, Paris, 1991, no. 27 (another cast illustrated, pp. 142, 143 and 165).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 29, no. 39 (another cast illustrated).
P. Borel, Les sculptures indites de Degas, Geneva, 1949, pls. 16 and 17 (another cast illustrated).
F. Russoli and F. Minervo, L'opera completa de Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 142, no. S27 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, figs. 76 and 80 (other casts illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonn, San Francisco, 1990, no. XLVIII (other casts illustrated, pp. 134 and 135). A. Pingeot and F. Horvat, Degas Sculpture, Paris, 1991, no. 27 (another cast illustrated, pp. 142, 143 and 165).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 29, no. 39 (another cast illustrated).