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Cheval sautant un obstacle
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval sautant un obstacle
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on the base); stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'A.A. Hébard cire perdue 48/F' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm.)
The original wax model executed between 1882-1895 and cast in an edition of 22 bronze examples between 1919 and 1937 and later, numbered from A to T, plus two casts, numbered HER and HERD, reserved for the Degas heirs and Hébrard
Cheval sautant un obstacle
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on the base); stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'A.A. Hébard cire perdue 48/F' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm.)
The original wax model executed between 1882-1895 and cast in an edition of 22 bronze examples between 1919 and 1937 and later, numbered from A to T, plus two casts, numbered HER and HERD, reserved for the Degas heirs and Hébrard
Provenance
Flechtheim collection, Berlin, 24 January 1926.
Private collection, California, by the 1940s.
Goldstone collection, Beverly Hills.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 2003, lot 111.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, California, by the 1940s.
Goldstone collection, Beverly Hills.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 2003, lot 111.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 43 (another cast illustrated pl. IX).
J. Rewald, Edgas Degas, Original Wax Sculptures, New York, 1955, no. 9 (the original wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald, L'Oeuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, p. 144, no. IX (another cast illustrated pls. 10 and 11; fig. 4 and p. 145).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S43 (another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné', in Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 48 (another cast illustrated p. 34).
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné of the bronzes, Milan, 2002, no. 48 (another cast illustrated p. 214).
J. Rewald, Edgas Degas, Original Wax Sculptures, New York, 1955, no. 9 (the original wax model illustrated).
J. Rewald, L'Oeuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, p. 144, no. IX (another cast illustrated pls. 10 and 11; fig. 4 and p. 145).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S43 (another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné', in Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 48 (another cast illustrated p. 34).
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné of the bronzes, Milan, 2002, no. 48 (another cast illustrated p. 214).
Special notice
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