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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Bateaux de pêche à l’entrée du port de Dives
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Bateaux de pêche à l’entrée du port de Dives
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left); inscribed (along the lower edge)
pastel on paper
8 5⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (22 x 32 cm.)
Executed circa 1869
Bateaux de pêche à l’entrée du port de Dives
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left); inscribed (along the lower edge)
pastel on paper
8 5⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (22 x 32 cm.)
Executed circa 1869
Provenance
The artist’s estate; Fourth Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 3 July 1919, lot 33a.
Nunès et Fiquet, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
André Schoeller, Paris.
Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London, by whom acquired from the above, on 18 March 1937.
Galerie Etienne Bignou (photo no. 2633), Paris, by whom acquired from the above, on 15 June 1939.
(Probably) Carstairs Gallery, Paris & New York (no. ANY 510).
Galerie Raphaël Gérard, Paris (nos. 2968 & 5676).
De la Chapelle, by whom acquired from the above, on 1 August 1941.
Private collection, Germany; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 20 June 2006, lot 106.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Nunès et Fiquet, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
André Schoeller, Paris.
Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London, by whom acquired from the above, on 18 March 1937.
Galerie Etienne Bignou (photo no. 2633), Paris, by whom acquired from the above, on 15 June 1939.
(Probably) Carstairs Gallery, Paris & New York (no. ANY 510).
Galerie Raphaël Gérard, Paris (nos. 2968 & 5676).
De la Chapelle, by whom acquired from the above, on 1 August 1941.
Private collection, Germany; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 20 June 2006, lot 106.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
'Corot to Gauguin: 19th-Century French Painting Show in London', in The Illustrated London News, London, 10 July 1937, p. 83 (illustrated; titled 'Bateau echoué à l'entrée du port de dives').
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1946, no. 246, p. 118 (illustrated p. 119).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 316, p. 101 (illustrated p. 100; titled 'Barca a vela presso una spiaggia').
R. Kendall, Degas Landscapes, 1993, New Haven, pp. 92-93.
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1946, no. 246, p. 118 (illustrated p. 119).
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 316, p. 101 (illustrated p. 100; titled 'Barca a vela presso una spiaggia').
R. Kendall, Degas Landscapes, 1993, New Haven, pp. 92-93.
Exhibited
London, Alex. Reid & Lefevre, The 19th Century French Masters, July - August 1937, no. 10, n.p. (titled 'Bateau echoué à l'entrée du port de dives'; dated '1892-1893').
Montreal, W. Scott & Son, French Masters of 19th and 20th Century, September 1937, no. 16.
Bristol, Royal Hotel, French Paintings of the 19th & 20th Centuries, November 1938, no. 12, n.p. (titled 'Bateau echoué à l'entrée du port de dives').
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet / Degas, September 2023 - January 2024, pl. 109, pp. 211 & 293 (illustrated p. 211; with incorrect medium).
Montreal, W. Scott & Son, French Masters of 19th and 20th Century, September 1937, no. 16.
Bristol, Royal Hotel, French Paintings of the 19th & 20th Centuries, November 1938, no. 12, n.p. (titled 'Bateau echoué à l'entrée du port de dives').
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet / Degas, September 2023 - January 2024, pl. 109, pp. 211 & 293 (illustrated p. 211; with incorrect medium).
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