Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit
signed 'Degas' and numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '40/Q CIRE PERDUE A A HEBRARD' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
18in. (45.5cm.) high
Conceived before 1917 and cast in an edition of twenty-two between circa 1919 and 1921, numbered from A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard, alternately marked HER and HER.D respectively.
Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit
signed 'Degas' and numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '40/Q CIRE PERDUE A A HEBRARD' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
18in. (45.5cm.) high
Conceived before 1917 and cast in an edition of twenty-two between circa 1919 and 1921, numbered from A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard, alternately marked HER and HER.D respectively.
Provenance
The Lefevre Gallery, London.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, London, 1944, p. 25, no. XLV (another cast illustrated pp. 101 and 102). M. Rebatet, Degas, Paris, 1944 (another cast illustrated pl. 128). P. Borel, Les sculptures inédites de Degas, Geneva, 1949 (another cast illustrated).
J. Fevre, Mon Oncle Degas, Geneva, 1949 (another cast illustrated facing pl. 112).
P. A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. III, Paris, 1954 (another cast illustrated p. 114).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, New York, 1956, no. XLV, pp. 150 and 151 (another cast illustrated pls. 57 and 61).
P. Cabanne, Edgar Degas, Paris, 1958, p. 61 (another cast illustrated pl. IX).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S32 (another cast illustrated p. 142).
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pp. 18 and 19 (another cast illustrated fig. 99).
S. Campbell, 'Degas: The Sculpture, a Catalogue Raisonné', Apollo, August 1995, no. 40.
J. Fevre, Mon Oncle Degas, Geneva, 1949 (another cast illustrated facing pl. 112).
P. A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. III, Paris, 1954 (another cast illustrated p. 114).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, New York, 1956, no. XLV, pp. 150 and 151 (another cast illustrated pls. 57 and 61).
P. Cabanne, Edgar Degas, Paris, 1958, p. 61 (another cast illustrated pl. IX).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S32 (another cast illustrated p. 142).
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pp. 18 and 19 (another cast illustrated fig. 99).
S. Campbell, 'Degas: The Sculpture, a Catalogue Raisonné', Apollo, August 1995, no. 40.