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Property from The Rabb Goldberg Collection
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Quatre danseuses
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Quatre danseuses
signed 'Degas' (lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on board
25 ¾ x 30 in. (65.7 x 76.2 cm.)
Drawn circa 1905
Quatre danseuses
signed 'Degas' (lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on board
25 ¾ x 30 in. (65.7 x 76.2 cm.)
Drawn circa 1905
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Martin Fabiani, Paris.
Galerie Raphaël Gérard, Paris (acquired from the above, 5 June 1944).
Wolman collection, Paris (acquired from the above, 28 August 1944).
Martin Nachmann, New York (by April 1960).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above, November 1963).
Sidney and Esther Rabb, Boston (acquired from the above, May 1967).
By descent from the above to the late owners.
Martin Fabiani, Paris.
Galerie Raphaël Gérard, Paris (acquired from the above, 5 June 1944).
Wolman collection, Paris (acquired from the above, 28 August 1944).
Martin Nachmann, New York (by April 1960).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above, November 1963).
Sidney and Esther Rabb, Boston (acquired from the above, May 1967).
By descent from the above to the late owners.
Literature
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, p. 826, no. 1452bis (illustrated, p. 827).
J. Boggs, "Degas: The Eye is Discipline" in Art News, vol. 59, no. 2, April 1960, p. 39, no. 4 (illustrated).
J. Bouret, Degas, New York, 1965, pp. 260 and 269 (illustrated in color, p. 260).
F. Russoli, L’opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 1152 (illustrated).
J. Boggs, "Degas: The Eye is Discipline" in Art News, vol. 59, no. 2, April 1960, p. 39, no. 4 (illustrated).
J. Bouret, Degas, New York, 1965, pp. 260 and 269 (illustrated in color, p. 260).
F. Russoli, L’opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 1152 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Loan Exhibition: Degas, April-May 1960, no. 68 (illustrated).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, circa 1968 (on extended loan).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Edgar Degas: The Reluctant Impressionist, June-September 1974, no. 36.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Pleasures of Paris: Daumier to Picasso, June-December 1991, pp. 116 and 185, no. 99 (illustrated in color, p. 116; dated circa 1900).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, circa 1968 (on extended loan).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Edgar Degas: The Reluctant Impressionist, June-September 1974, no. 36.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Pleasures of Paris: Daumier to Picasso, June-December 1991, pp. 116 and 185, no. 99 (illustrated in color, p. 116; dated circa 1900).
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