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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Buste de danseuse
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Buste de danseuse
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on board
image: 13 7⁄8 x 21 ½ in. (35.4 x 54.8 cm.)
board: 26 x 18 ¼ in. (46.5 x 66 cm.)
Executed circa 1896
Buste de danseuse
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on board
image: 13 7⁄8 x 21 ½ in. (35.4 x 54.8 cm.)
board: 26 x 18 ¼ in. (46.5 x 66 cm.)
Executed circa 1896
Provenance
The artist's estate; Second Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12 December 1918, lot 145.
Barthélémy collection, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Private collection, Switzerland, by November 1951, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Barthélémy collection, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Private collection, Switzerland, by November 1951, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, vol. III, Peintures et pastels, 1883-1908, Paris, 1947, no. 1246, p. 726 (illustrated p. 727; with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Degas, November 1951 - January 1952, no. 57, n.p..
Brought to you by
Micol Flocchini
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