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Tête, étude pour le portrait de Madame S
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Tête, étude pour le portrait de Madame S
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on the back of the neck);
stamped with the foundry mark 'Cire Perdue A.A.Hébrard' and
numbered '7/M' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark brown patina
Height: 7in. (17.8cm.)
Conceived in 1892; this bronze version cast in 1919 and 1921 in an edition of 22, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Tête, étude pour le portrait de Madame S
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on the back of the neck);
stamped with the foundry mark 'Cire Perdue A.A.Hébrard' and
numbered '7/M' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark brown patina
Height: 7in. (17.8cm.)
Conceived in 1892; this bronze version cast in 1919 and 1921 in an edition of 22, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, a Complete Catalogue, New York 1944, pl. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 83).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture: the Complete Works, New York 1956, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 148, fig. 11).
J. Rewald & L. von Matt, L'Oeuvre Sculpté de Degas, Zurich 1957, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 150, fig. 11).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan 1970, no. S69 (another cast illustrated p. 145).
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris 1991, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 186).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné', Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 7 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture: the Complete Works, New York 1956, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 148, fig. 11).
J. Rewald & L. von Matt, L'Oeuvre Sculpté de Degas, Zurich 1957, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 150, fig. 11).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan 1970, no. S69 (another cast illustrated p. 145).
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris 1991, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 186).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné', Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 7 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
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