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Danseuse s'avançant, les bras levés, la jambe droite en avant
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse s'avançant, les bras levés, la jambe droite en avant
stamped with signature, foundry mark and numbered 'Degas [Lugt 658] A.A HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 72/D' (on the left foot)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23¾ in. (60.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast by 1931, in an edition of 22, with 20 casts lettered A through T plus one cast marked HER.D for the Degas heirs and one cast marked HER for the founder Hébrard
Danseuse s'avançant, les bras levés, la jambe droite en avant
stamped with signature, foundry mark and numbered 'Degas [Lugt 658] A.A HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 72/D' (on the left foot)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23¾ in. (60.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1882-1895; this bronze version cast by 1931, in an edition of 22, with 20 casts lettered A through T plus one cast marked HER.D for the Degas heirs and one cast marked HER for the founder Hébrard
Provenance
Walther Halvorsen, Paris.
J.K. Thannhauser, New York (by 1931); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 12 April 1945, lot 67.
Mrs. C. Friedman (acquired at the above sale).
Curt Valentin Gallery Inc., New York.
Anon. (acquired from the above, by 1954); sale, Christie's, New York, 15 May 1997, lot 359.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
J.K. Thannhauser, New York (by 1931); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 12 April 1945, lot 67.
Mrs. C. Friedman (acquired at the above sale).
Curt Valentin Gallery Inc., New York.
Anon. (acquired from the above, by 1954); sale, Christie's, New York, 15 May 1997, lot 359.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, London, 1944, pp. 90-91, no. XXVI (wax version illustrated, pl. 77).
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p.141, no. S19 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 90-91, no. XXVI (other casts illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 46, no. 72 (another cast illustrated, fig. 70).
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p.141, no. S19 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 90-91, no. XXVI (other casts illustrated).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 46, no. 72 (another cast illustrated, fig. 70).
Exhibited
Berlin, Thannhauser Galleries, 1931, no. 19.
Buenos Aires, Edgar Degas Exhibition, 1934, no. 19.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Rondom Rodin, Tentoonstelling Hondred
Jaar Fransche Sculpteur, July-September 1939, no. 92.
Buenos Aires, Edgar Degas Exhibition, 1934, no. 19.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Rondom Rodin, Tentoonstelling Hondred
Jaar Fransche Sculpteur, July-September 1939, no. 92.