EDGAR DEGAS (FRENCH, 1834-1917)

JEUNE HOMME ASSIS à LA JACQUETTE ET AU PARAPLUIE

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EDGAR DEGAS (FRENCH, 1834-1917)
JEUNE HOMME ASSIS à LA JACQUETTE ET AU PARAPLUIE
INSCRIBED 'ATELIER DEGAS/NRO.484 DE/INVENTAIRE/PA.1720' ON AN OLD LABEL ON THE REVERSE
OIL ON CANVAS
14.1/8 X 11.3/8 IN. (35.9 X 28.9 CM.)

Provenance

THE ARTIST'S STUDIO (NO.484).
AMBROISE VOLLARD, PARIS.
RAPHäEL GéRARD, PARIS;
PALAIS GALLIéRA, PARIS, 3 DECEMBER 1964, LOT 64.
DR SACHS, LA CORNEUVE.
MONSIEUR JACQUES SPIESS, PARIS.
HARCOURTS GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO.

Literature

P. BRAME AND T. REFF, DEGAS ET SON OEUVRE, A SUPPLEMENT, NEW YORK, 1984, NO.44, P.47 (ILLUSTRATED).

Descrizione dettagliata lotto

PAINTED CIRCA 1864-68, BRAME AND REFF NOTED OF THIS IMAGE: "IN ITS RATHER FORMAL CONCEPTION AND CONTROLLED EXECUTION THIS PORTRAIT SEEMS CONTEMPORARY WITH SUCH PORTRAITS OF THE MID-1860S AS DEGAS ET DE VALERNES (L.116) AND L'AMATEUR (L. 138). COMPARISONS WITH A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING ITS CONDITION AT THE TIME OF DEGAS' DEATH REVEALS THAT IT HAS BEEN PARTLY REPAINTED, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF THE HEAD." (BRAME AND REFF, P.46)

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