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A LIFE OF DISCERNING PASSIONS: THE COLLECTION OF H. RODES SR. AND PATRICIA HART
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Arlequin
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Arlequin
signed and dedicated 'à mon amie Hortense Degas' (lower left) and dedicated again 'à mon amie' (lower right)
pastel on joined paper laid down on paper
18 7⁄8 x 28 ¼ in. (47.6 x 72 cm.)
Drawn in 1885
Arlequin
signed and dedicated 'à mon amie Hortense Degas' (lower left) and dedicated again 'à mon amie' (lower right)
pastel on joined paper laid down on paper
18 7⁄8 x 28 ¼ in. (47.6 x 72 cm.)
Drawn in 1885
Provenance
Hortense Valpinçon, Paris (gift from the artist, 1885).
Raymond Fourchy, Paris (by descent from the above, then by descent); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 1 April 1981, lot 8A.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Raymond Fourchy, Paris (by descent from the above, then by descent); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 1 April 1981, lot 8A.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1947, vol. III, p. 468, no. 818 (illustrated, p. 469).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 831 (illustrated).
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l’oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 124, no. 831 (illustrated).
R.R. Bretell and S. Folds McCullagh, eds., Degas in The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984. pp. 158 and 199 (illustrated, p. 158, fig. 75-1).
H. Loyrette, Degas, Paris, 1991, p. 500.
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 831 (illustrated).
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l’oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 124, no. 831 (illustrated).
R.R. Bretell and S. Folds McCullagh, eds., Degas in The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984. pp. 158 and 199 (illustrated, p. 158, fig. 75-1).
H. Loyrette, Degas, Paris, 1991, p. 500.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Exposition Degas au profit de la Ligue Franco-Anglo-Américaine contre le cancer, April-May 1924, no. 151 (dated circa 1885).
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Degas, May 1937, pp. 96-97, no. 126.
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Exposition Degas, May-June 1975, p. 56, no. 28 (illustrated in color, p. 57).
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Degas, February 1988-January 1989, pp. 431-432, no. 260 (illustrated in color, p. 431; dated 1884-1885).
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Degas, May 1937, pp. 96-97, no. 126.
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Exposition Degas, May-June 1975, p. 56, no. 28 (illustrated in color, p. 57).
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Degas, February 1988-January 1989, pp. 431-432, no. 260 (illustrated in color, p. 431; dated 1884-1885).
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