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Arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, le bras gauche en avant
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, le bras gauche en avant
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 14/N A.A HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 8 1/8 in. (22.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, le bras gauche en avant
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 14/N A.A HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 8 1/8 in. (22.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Provenance
Percy Lundwall, Gothenburg, Sweden; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 21 April 1971, lot 34.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1995, lot 7.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1995, lot 7.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 24, no. XXXVII (another cast illustrated, pl. 92).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 140. no. S1 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 18 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 112-113, no. XXXVII (another cast and wax model illustrated).
A. Pingeot, Degas, sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 153, no. 1 (wax model and another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 17, no. 14 (another cast illustrated, p. 17).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures, Memphis, 2002, p. 149, no. 14 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 148).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 140. no. S1 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 18 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 112-113, no. XXXVII (another cast and wax model illustrated).
A. Pingeot, Degas, sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 153, no. 1 (wax model and another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 17, no. 14 (another cast illustrated, p. 17).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures, Memphis, 2002, p. 149, no. 14 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 148).