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Tête, étude pour le portrait de Madame S
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Tête, étude pour le portrait de Madame S
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658), numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'Cire Perdue A.A.Hébrard 7/L' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1892; this bronze version cast in 1919 and 1921 in an edition of 22, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Tête, étude pour le portrait de Madame S
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658), numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'Cire Perdue A.A.Hébrard 7/L' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1892; this bronze version cast in 1919 and 1921 in an edition of 22, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Provenance
O'Hana Gallery, London, by 1959.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1997.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 2003, lot 127.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1997.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 2003, lot 127.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works, New York, 1956, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 148, fig. 11).
J. Rewald & L. von Matt, L'Oeuvre Sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 150, fig. 11).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S69 (another cast illustrated p. 145).
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 186).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné', in Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 7 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné of the bronzes, Milan, 2002, no. 7 (another cast illustrated pp. 134-135).
J. Rewald & L. von Matt, L'Oeuvre Sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 150, fig. 11).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'Opera Completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S69 (another cast illustrated p. 145).
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 186).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné', in Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 7 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné of the bronzes, Milan, 2002, no. 7 (another cast illustrated pp. 134-135).
Special notice
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