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Danseuse mettant son bas, deuxième étude
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse mettant son bas, deuxième étude
stamped with the signature, letter and foundry mark 'Degas D A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 18in. (45.7cm.)
Original wax model executed in 1896-1911; this bronze version cast before 1936 in an edition of twenty-two numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and for the founder Hébrard
Danseuse mettant son bas, deuxième étude
stamped with the signature, letter and foundry mark 'Degas D A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 18in. (45.7cm.)
Original wax model executed in 1896-1911; this bronze version cast before 1936 in an edition of twenty-two numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and for the founder Hébrard
Provenance
Walter Halvorsen, London.
J.K. Thannhauser, Berlin, by whom bought from the above 12 Aug 1929, as one of the entire series of bronzes of Degas dancers.
Gottlieb Duttweiler, Zurich, by whom bought from the above on 20 May 1936.
J.K. Thannhauser, Berlin, by whom bought from the above 12 Aug 1929, as one of the entire series of bronzes of Degas dancers.
Gottlieb Duttweiler, Zurich, by whom bought from the above on 20 May 1936.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, New York, 1944, no. LVI (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald & L. von Matt, Degas: Sculpture, New York, 1956, p. 154, no. LVI (another cast illustrated pl. 74).
R. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S. 14, p. 140 (wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald, The Complete Sculptures of Degas, exh. cat., London, 1976, no. 14 (another cast illustrated p. 13).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976 (wax model illustrated pl. 104).
A. Pingeot & F. Horvat, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 14, p. 159 (another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, 'A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes,' Apollo, CXLII, August 1995, no. 29D, p. 25 (another cast illustrated).
J. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 70, pp. 258-59 (another cast illustrated p. 258).
J. Rewald & L. von Matt, Degas: Sculpture, New York, 1956, p. 154, no. LVI (another cast illustrated pl. 74).
R. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S. 14, p. 140 (wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald, The Complete Sculptures of Degas, exh. cat., London, 1976, no. 14 (another cast illustrated p. 13).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976 (wax model illustrated pl. 104).
A. Pingeot & F. Horvat, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 14, p. 159 (another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, 'A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes,' Apollo, CXLII, August 1995, no. 29D, p. 25 (another cast illustrated).
J. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 70, pp. 258-59 (another cast illustrated p. 258).
Exhibited
Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, La Sculpture des peintres, July - October 1997, no. 23, pp. 49 & 308 (illustrated in colour pp. 48-49).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium