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Danseuse tenant son pied droit dans la main droite
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse tenant son pied droit dans la main droite
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 68/Q A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm.)
Original wax model conceived circa 1882-1895; this bronze version cast 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 tenant son pied droit dans la main droite
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 68/Q A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm.)
Original wax model conceived circa 1882-1895; this bronze version cast 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
(possibly) Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris.
Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris (1949).
The Lefevre Gallery, Ltd., (Alex Reid & Lefevre), London.
Sam Salz, Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Levin, New York (acquired from the above, 1986).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 2001.
Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris (1949).
The Lefevre Gallery, Ltd., (Alex Reid & Lefevre), London.
Sam Salz, Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Levin, New York (acquired from the above, 1986).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 2001.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 26, no. LVII (another cast illustrated, p. 128).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 141, no. S 30 (another cast illustrated, p. 142).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue raisonné new edition, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 162-163, no. LXII (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot, Degas: Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 167 (no. 30, another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas Bronzes," Apollo, August 1995, p. 44, no. 68 (another cast illustrated, fig. 66).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 141, no. S 30 (another cast illustrated, p. 142).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue raisonné new edition, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 162-163, no. LXII (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot, Degas: Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 167 (no. 30, another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas Bronzes," Apollo, August 1995, p. 44, no. 68 (another cast illustrated, fig. 66).
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Very Private Collection: Janice H. Levin's Impressionist Pictures, November 2002-February 2003, pp. 42-47, no. 10 (illustrated in color, p. 42).
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Further details
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