Property from the Collection of
ALICE TULLY
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Preparation a la danse, le pied droit en avant
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark on the base 'Degas 57/0 AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE'--bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 in. (56 cm.)
The original wax model was executed 1882-95 and cast in an edition of twenty-two bronze examples between 1919-21, numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and Hébrard (alternately marked 'HER' and 'HERD'). The number 57 refers to the subject in the inventory made of the wax models in the artist's studio.
Preparation a la danse, le pied droit en avant
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark on the base 'Degas 57/0 AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE'--bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 in. (56 cm.)
The original wax model was executed 1882-95 and cast in an edition of twenty-two bronze examples between 1919-21, numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and Hébrard (alternately marked 'HER' and 'HERD'). The number 57 refers to the subject in the inventory made of the wax models in the artist's studio.
Literature
G. Janneau, "Les sculptures de Degas", La renaissance de l'art français, Paris, July, 1921, p. 353 (another cast illustrated)
P. Vitry, Catalogue des sculptures du Moyen-Age, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes, Paris, 1933, no. 1753 (another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, pp. 25 and 103, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated, pp. 130-131)
P. Borel, Les sculptures inédites de Degas, Geneva, 1949 (wax version illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas Sculptures, London, 1957, p. 151, (another cast illustrated, pl. 34)
F. Russoli, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S36 (another cast illustrated, p. 142)
C. Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 51 (wax version illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas' Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné,
San Francisco, 1990, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated, p. 130)
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991 (another cast illustrated, pp. 44-45)
P. Vitry, Catalogue des sculptures du Moyen-Age, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes, Paris, 1933, no. 1753 (another cast illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, pp. 25 and 103, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated, pp. 130-131)
P. Borel, Les sculptures inédites de Degas, Geneva, 1949 (wax version illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas Sculptures, London, 1957, p. 151, (another cast illustrated, pl. 34)
F. Russoli, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S36 (another cast illustrated, p. 142)
C. Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 51 (wax version illustrated)
J. Rewald, Degas' Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné,
San Francisco, 1990, no. XLVI (another cast illustrated, p. 130)
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991 (another cast illustrated, pp. 44-45)