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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Deux danseuses au foyer
stamped with signature bottom left Degas (Lugt 658)--and with atelier stamp on reverse ATELIER ED. DEGAS (Lugt 657)--pastel on
joined paper attached at the edges on board
29¼ x 23¼ in. (74 x 59 cm.)
Painted circa 1901
Deux danseuses au foyer
stamped with signature bottom left Degas (Lugt 658)--and with atelier stamp on reverse ATELIER ED. DEGAS (Lugt 657)--pastel on
joined paper attached at the edges on board
29¼ x 23¼ in. (74 x 59 cm.)
Painted circa 1901
Provenance
The artist's studio; first sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris,
May 7-8, 1918, lot 269 (illustrated, p. 143)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam
Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Berlin
Alex Reid & Lefevre Gallery, London
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York
May 7-8, 1918, lot 269 (illustrated, p. 143)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam
Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Berlin
Alex Reid & Lefevre Gallery, London
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York
Literature
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III,
p. 808, no. 1397 (illustrated, p. 809)
J. Lassaigne, F. Minervino, and F. Russoli, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 137, no. 1143 (illustrated)
p. 808, no. 1397 (illustrated, p. 809)
J. Lassaigne, F. Minervino, and F. Russoli, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 137, no. 1143 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, 1933-4, no. 22
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, Sept.- Nov., 1939, no. 222
Paris, Galerie André Weil, Degas: Peintre du mouvement, June,
1939, no. 13
Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Edgar Degas: Pastelle, Ölskizzen, Zeichnungen, Jan.-March, 1984, p. 395, no. 219. The exhibition traveled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, April-May, 1984.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, Sept.- Nov., 1939, no. 222
Paris, Galerie André Weil, Degas: Peintre du mouvement, June,
1939, no. 13
Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Edgar Degas: Pastelle, Ölskizzen, Zeichnungen, Jan.-March, 1984, p. 395, no. 219. The exhibition traveled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, April-May, 1984.